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what kind of spider and will it kill me??
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| On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:59:16 GMT, "jthread" <jthread@att.net> wrote:
>went out to my gf pond to clean out the frog mating uck and saw this:
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>http://www.safaricabs.com/spider1.jpg
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>http://www.safaricabs.com/spider2.jpg
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>spidey is bigger in person.
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>i'm awake now
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Its a Black & Yellow Argiope, a fairly common spider. Impressive but
harmless. As kids we used to catch bugs and throw them into the web to
watch the spider do its thing.
-dickm
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| jthread 2007-07-22, 1:25 pm |
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"dicko" <drwho@universalclock.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:59:16 GMT, "jthread" <jthread@att.net> wrote:
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> Its a Black & Yellow Argiope, a fairly common spider. Impressive but
> harmless. As kids we used to catch bugs and throw them into the web to
> watch the spider do its thing.
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> -dickm
this one is very impressive. he's about 8" streached out. right now he's
sucking the life out of a grasshopper or something. freakin cool lokin
spidey
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| On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:21:28 GMT, "jthread" <jthread@att.net> wrote:
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>"dicko" <drwho@universalclock.com> wrote in message
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>this one is very impressive. he's about 8" streached out. right now he's
>sucking the life out of a grasshopper or something. freakin cool lokin
>spidey
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Actually, its a "she". I believe that zig zag web through the main
web is spun by the male who then ends up as a tasty meal after doing
his husbandly duty.
-dickm
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| willshak 2007-07-22, 8:25 pm |
| on 7/22/2007 6:32 PM dicko said the following:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:21:28 GMT, "jthread" <jthread@att.net> wrote:
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> Actually, its a "she". I believe that zig zag web through the main
> web is spun by the male who then ends up as a tasty meal after doing
> his husbandly duty.
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> -dickm
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So are we all. :-)
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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| dicko wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:21:28 GMT, "jthread" <jthread@att.net> wrote:
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> Actually, its a "she". I believe that zig zag web through the main
> web is spun by the male who then ends up as a tasty meal after doing
> his husbandly duty.
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> -dickm
I've always heard that there have been experiments showing that birds
can see and will avoid the web so as to not accidentally fly into it and
destroy it. It is also thought that it may reflect ultraviolet light
aiding in attracting insects as well as just an aid to stabilize the web.
Lar
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| On Jul 22, 7:07 pm, Lar <lar...@tx.rrBUGS.com> wrote:
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> I've always heard that there have been experiments showing that birds
> can see and will avoid the web so as to not accidentally fly into it and
> destroy it. It is also thought that it may reflect ultraviolet light
> aiding in attracting insects as well as just an aid to stabilize the web.
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Not always. There have been several cases reported of hummingbirds
getting caught and dying in those type webs. They're just not big
enough to break free.
Red
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