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Dustis unregistered Posts: 313 |
posted 07-28-2004 01:07 PM
Was wondering if there are any amateur OR professional biologists on the board - we found a rather weird looking spider in Heiki's flowers and were wondering if anyone had any idea what kind of spider this is - we've never seen any like it before ?! Its very unique colored and rather big (approx. 3-4" long) THANKS
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idive Prowler Junkie Posts: 8483 |
posted 07-28-2004 01:30 PM
We got 'em all over the east Texas piney woods here. Can't help you with what it's called. Do a search for spiders. I did that once when looking for a certain one and it proved fruitful. If I find the link in my bookmarks, I'll post it for you. |
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TFischer Prowler Junkie Posts: 4913 |
posted 07-28-2004 01:51 PM
They're called corn spiders. We first ran across them in the corn fields in Iowa and now they have made their way down here. Menacing looking guys!!!!! Tami |
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BratGPG Prowler Junkie Posts: 30 |
posted 07-28-2004 02:57 PM
Looks like an Argiope. http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/stand.htm
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Dustis unregistered Posts: 30 |
posted 07-28-2004 03:21 PM
Thank you guys and gals - I just checked out the link that BratGPG provided and it looks like a winner !! ------------------ |
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Tytanium-K Prowler Junkie Posts: 3017 |
posted 07-28-2004 04:16 PM
Rather attractive lil feller (BIG feller) ... put it under Heiki's pillow & watch her scream! hehe ~Ty-K the jokester |
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TFischer Prowler Junkie Posts: 4913 |
posted 07-28-2004 04:24 PM
Good information!! Garden Spider - guess that's why we always called them corn spiders - they were always in the garden in the corn!! LOL Tami |
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Dustis unregistered Posts: 4913 |
posted 07-28-2004 04:43 PM
quote: what an excellent idea Ken.....IF I had suicidal tendencies........because that would "end my existence" on the POA as well as on this earth - if she didn't beat me to death she'll shoot me, stab me , burn me, torture me or hunt me down until she can do all the before mentioned !!! |
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DR PROWLER Prowler Junkie Posts: 4079 |
posted 07-28-2004 04:49 PM
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Cnote6MOM Prowler Junkie Posts: 319 |
posted 07-31-2004 10:31 AM
 Here is a cool Dragon Fly that Jim photographed. ------------------ |
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GenoTex Prowler Junkie Posts: 8492 |
posted 07-31-2004 11:09 AM
that's George!
"George" was our name for him/her |
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GenoTex Prowler Junkie Posts: 8492 |
posted 07-31-2004 11:10 AM
They are quite the web-weavers too! Reminds me of that ol' saying : When we fail to realize that every day is a miracle, we fail to live life. |
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Blue Bullet Prowler Junkie Posts: 156 |
posted 08-01-2004 09:26 AM
I had one of those who lived on my deck just above the sliding door. He (actually she)was my buddy. She laid her eggs in the web and then died. I read up on them and that is what they do. So don't get too attached! Ed Holler |
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MissKitty unregistered Posts: 156 |
posted 08-04-2004 12:44 PM
I was hoping she'd hurry up and lay her eggs. But instead that friggin' spider seems to get bigger every day. I won't even weed my flower bed anymore. And Dusti - go ahead and put it under my pillow if you have a death wish !!! |
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CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 |
posted 08-04-2004 03:27 PM
I have a phobia about Spiders..........can't handle them, no matter the size. I can handle snakes, mice, insects, etc..........NO spiders. Never could watch that movie "Arachnaphobia".........  |
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DR PROWLER Prowler Junkie Posts: 4079 |
posted 08-04-2004 03:33 PM
Couldn't agree more with CJ. If the animal has too many legs,it gives you the creeps....but then again if it has no legs wouldn't be one of my favorites as well! Let's stick with dogs and cats... ------------------ |
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idive Prowler Junkie Posts: 8483 |
posted 08-04-2004 05:53 PM
quote: Then I guess I shouldn't post pics of my brown recluse bite, huh?  |
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CTProwler Prowler Junkie Posts: 3915 |
posted 08-04-2004 10:33 PM
I hate spiders! females eat there mates! Thats enough for me to hate them. Snakes aren't high on my list either! ------------------ |
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CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 |
posted 08-04-2004 11:46 PM
Mickey.......post whatever you like......I just won't look! lol!  I think my phobia stemmed from an incident when I was a young girl. I was a Girl Scout and we were on a camping trip. I woke up during the night because the other girl in the tent was sick and coughing pretty badly. One of our leaders had come to the tent to check on her and she shined the flashlight on us. When I looked at her, I saw a very large spider crawling up my sleeping bag toward my face.........needless to say, I freaked!! Have not been able to handle spiders since then. Just thinking about it makes the hair on my arms stand up! |
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idive Prowler Junkie Posts: 8483 |
posted 08-05-2004 01:06 AM
This one was on my face too. I was up in the attic when my new central air unit was getting installed, talking to the tech. Wasn't up there but maybe 5 minutes and got tagged right above my eye. Was new years eve. At the party that night I got feeling really "not right", and couldn't figure out why, cause I only had 1 or 2 beers. Now I know how it feels to be poisoned. It ended up in my lymph node on my neck and the whole side of my head swelled up and I thought I was going to lose an eye. I'll spare you the visuals, unless others wanna see the gore. |
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GenoTex Prowler Junkie Posts: 8492 |
posted 08-05-2004 02:00 AM
Brown Recluse is MR BillyB**As* in the spider world... well, one of em anyway, especially down in Tejas.
ready?...........
fortunately for us, they cannot sink their teeth into us! |
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MissKitty unregistered Posts: 8492 |
posted 08-05-2004 08:13 AM
At least I'm not the only one hating spiders. I don't know why - probably because my older brother used to put them in my bed to scare the s..t out of me. I don't have a problem with snakes or mice,... Although I mistook a snake for a soaker hose and wondered what that was doing in between my flowers and then tried to pick it up until I realized the "soaker hose" moved. Bad idea !!! Dusti thinks he's the "Crocodile hunter" and picks them up by the tail and carries them into the woods. I prefer our cat's way - he kills them and they hang out of his mouth on both sides like shoe laces !!!! ------------------ |
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CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 |
posted 08-05-2004 09:29 AM
Gene..........I knew about the Daddy Long Legs being poisonous. |
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TBlatnica Prowler Junkie Posts: 60 |
posted 08-05-2004 09:46 AM
Once again... I refer the the Mythbuster's TV show...episode 13 in fact... They showed that in fact, the Daddy long-legs are not deadly or super venomous, having very little if any effect on human beings. (They did a test where they extracted the venom and compared it to known venomous spiders, in addition to having them try to bite Adam...) It was actually quite funny, as Adam has a severe Phobia of spiders! |
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GenoTex Prowler Junkie Posts: 8492 |
posted 08-05-2004 10:44 AM
I sit (for about the 13,523,324th time) corrected.  |
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