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patrickwm68
08-13-2008, 01:27 PM
Every night when I get home from work this guy is hanging out at the bottom of my stairs. Last night at 1am he was feasting on a Lady Bug so I decided to snap some pics. Pics were taken using a simple little NIKON COOLPIX L2 camera.

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patrickwm68
08-13-2008, 01:27 PM
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patrickwm68
08-13-2008, 01:28 PM
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Alex655321
08-13-2008, 01:51 PM
That is a big one !

I hope you are charging him/her rent !

TNovak
08-13-2008, 01:52 PM
Do you ever see "Some Pig" in the web?

endsongjen
08-13-2008, 02:13 PM
nice pics pat, but u made me itch.. :/ lol

patrickwm68
08-13-2008, 07:43 PM
I've never seen a spider poop before until last night. :laugh:

'Nuff
08-13-2008, 07:45 PM
Be sure to take pics of the splat she makes on the wall when ya hit her with a board...

HoldyourfireAl
08-13-2008, 07:49 PM
Is he radioactive?

Mandragora
08-13-2008, 07:50 PM
GAHHHHHHHHHHHH :mad:
:stick: :stick:


i have octopuses on the brain so for some dumb reason i thought that's what would be here ( i had a close encounter with one last weekend :D)


ick ick ick!!!

pablocruze
08-13-2008, 08:34 PM
That sure looks like Araneus diadematus

'Nuff
08-13-2008, 08:37 PM
That sure looks like Araneus diadematus

They look like a greasy spot on the wall around here...

superash
08-13-2008, 09:12 PM
that thing is wicked gross!!! it would be way dead by now if it was hanging around my house!!

patrickwm68
08-13-2008, 09:16 PM
that thing is wicked gross!!! it would be way dead by now if it was hanging around my house!!

If he's not bothering anyone why hurt him?

patrickwm68
08-13-2008, 09:22 PM
That sure looks like Araneus diadematus

I think you're right.

From Wikipedia: European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Araneus_diadematus_%28aka%29.jpg/250px-Araneus_diadematus_%28aka%29.jpg

The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus) or diadem spider, also called the cross spider in Eastern Europe, is a very common and well-known orb-weaver spider in Western Europe. Araneus diadematus also lives in parts of North America, in a range extending from New England and the Southeast to the Northwestern United States and adjacent parts of Canada.

Individual spiders' colouring can range from extremely light yellow to very dark grey, but all European garden spiders have mottled markings across the back with five or more large white dots forming a cross. The white dots result from cells that are filled with guanine, which is a byproduct of protein metabolism.

The third pair of legs of garden spiders are specialized for assisting in the spinning of orb webs. These spiders also use them to move around on their web without getting stuck. These legs are useful only in the web; while on the ground, these legs are of little value.

Garden spiders have been known to stridulate when threatened.

It is hard to provoke a garden spider to bite - if it does, the bite is slightly unpleasant, though utterly harmless to humans.

TheSkrull
08-13-2008, 09:25 PM
Harmless or not that a DAMN CREEPY.

superash
08-13-2008, 09:35 PM
LOL he might not hurt me, but no crap if I came home and seen that bad boy I would probably scream!! I am such a weanie when it comes to spiders!!

patrickwm68
08-13-2008, 09:43 PM
LOL he might not hurt me, but no crap if I came home and seen that bad boy I would probably scream!! I am such a weanie when it comes to spiders!!

He used to make his web across the stairs and I almost walked into it a couple times. They must be smart cause after knocking it down a couple times he started making the web along the house out of the way.

P1X4R
08-13-2008, 11:50 PM
nice captures!

Darth_Ryan
08-13-2008, 11:54 PM
Nice pix of spidey! Try catching two of those then put them on a stick and watch them wrestle. hehehehe pretty cool. Just be careful though.

geto10
08-14-2008, 04:23 AM
What's his name? :)