Bill W Posted March 16 Posted March 16 5 hours ago, sandrewn said: (sorry, couldn't figure out how to rotate it) The first thing I noticed was those fangs! Nasty looking. The the artwork - comical horns and emphasis around the mouth. With orange and black striped legs, I would dub this the Halloween spider. 2
Bill W Posted March 17 Posted March 17 @sandrewn, do you have a green spider for St. Patrick's Day, with or without a shamrock or a shillelagh! 1 1
Site Moderator TalonRider Posted March 18 Site Moderator Posted March 18 It's like they say, "Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it." 1 1
Bill W Posted March 22 Posted March 22 (edited) On 3/22/2026 at 5:44 AM, sandrewn said: Pumpkin patch tarantula Neat looking tarantula. Lovely designes on its body. Edited March 24 by Bill W make a change 1
sandrewn Posted March 24 Posted March 24 Jeepers creepers: Massive spider eyes shrink 25% in adulthood Jeepers creepers: Massive spider eyes shrink 25% in adulthood | Nebraska Today (visit the site a great read) 1 1
Bill W Posted March 24 Posted March 24 8 hours ago, sandrewn said: Jeepers creepers: Massive spider eyes shrink 25% in adulthood Jeepers creepers: Massive spider eyes shrink 25% in adulthood | Nebraska Today (visit the site a great read) Damn, adult female spiders eyes are twice the size of the male's eyes. Must be so they can keep track of what the males are doing before they kill them. Yikes! 2
Bill W Posted March 25 Posted March 25 11 minutes ago, sandrewn said: I always loved the Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart! 2
Bill W Posted March 26 Posted March 26 35 minutes ago, sandrewn said: You'd think that body shape would put the spider under attach from all the birds looking for food. 😧 1
Site Moderator TalonRider Posted March 27 Site Moderator Posted March 27 The birds are waiting for a dab of peanut butter. 2
Bill W Posted March 28 Posted March 28 Spring is here, and with the season comes invasive spiders that experts say have spread to a handful of states over the past decade. The spider, called the Joro spider, is native to East Asia and was first seen in northeast Georgia in 2014. Since then, the Joro has spread to North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and more U.S. states. Female Joro spiders are known for their vibrant yellow coloring and blue-black markings, per University of Georgia experts. They are “impressive in their own right” when it comes to size, the experts said, noting that they measure around 0.7 to 1.2 inches. Males appear smaller and less vibrant, often featuring brown and tan coloring. While eggs hatch in April and May and Joro spiders are typically out and about from August to October, they may pop up months before their season begins, according to the monitoring program Joro Watch. A Joro spider in north Georgia. Last fall, officials from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, nestled between North Carolina and Tennessee, asked community members to help them track Joro spiders in the Smokies, noting that the spiders were “steadily spreading north.” “These large orb-weaving spiders are striking to see, but they pose a challenge,” the national park wrote Aug. 28 on Facebook. “As they move into new areas, populations of native orb weavers have been shown to quickly decline due to competition.” The officials asked the public to submit photos of any Joros they spotted to an app called iNaturalist, which would help a University of Tennessee researcher studying the spiders’ spread. 1
sandrewn Posted March 29 Posted March 29 THE MUD DAUBER/DIRT DAUBER IS YOUR FRIEND~COLLECTING SPIDERS The mud dauber/dirt dauber is your friend and collects spiders to feed it's larvae. Among those spiders are black widow and recluse. If you leave their little mud nest alone, they will rid your area of a lot of spiders. The post below this picture tells you about the dirt dauber. They're a little black wasp. I've never noticed them being aggressive. "A Mud Dauber nest fell onto the porch last night, spilling the contents of several brood chambers. The large maggot looking larva is the baby Mud Dauber (wasp) and the spiders strewn all about are its food. The mother goes around collecting spiders, her sting paralyzingly but not killing them, and seals them up in a mud chamber along with a single egg. Once hatched, the larva begins feeding on the still living spiders! So cool." 2
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