Spider!!!

Rakarin · 08-14-2004, 05:09 PM

Hi, all.
Long time lurker, just registered, friend of Kitsune.

I took this picture with his camera. He suggested I post it. So, here it is! It's not as lossless as I would have liked to post, but you get the idea.

Oh, and if anyone is afraid of spiders, I appologize if this makes you feel them crawling all over you, their eight little legs scampering up your leg, creeping slowly up your back....

slang · 08-14-2004, 05:17 PM

Hello Rakarin,

Welcome to the cellar.

Nice picture. Would you mind if we shopped it a bit?

Rakarin · 08-14-2004, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slang

Hello Rakarin,

Welcome to the cellar.

Nice picture. Would you mind if we shopped it a bit?

Feel free to do so!

Skunks · 08-14-2004, 06:38 PM

Rather dramatic at that angle.

<img src="http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~gvidas/photos/beach/spider.jpg">

This little bugger was hanging around the porch of a beach cottage in South Carolina. Hard to tell from the photo, given there's no object of scale or anything like that, but he was 2-3" from legtip to legtip.

ShawnD · 08-14-2004, 07:03 PM

Here is one I took out my back window (Missisauga, Ontario).

Rakarin · 08-14-2004, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skunks

Rather dramatic at that angle.

This little bugger was hanging around the porch of a beach cottage in South Carolina. Hard to tell from the photo, given there's no object of scale or anything like that, but he was 2-3" from legtip to legtip.

You mean "she".

That's a banana spider, or a golden weaver (I remember hearing that it's one of only three kinds of spider in North America that does not have white webbing, and one of twenty or so in the world). My parents live in St. Augustine, and they have these things all over the place. You can walk around the house and see at least two or three females on any given day.
The females there can have a legspan about as big as my hand, at least 3" wide and 5" long. I swear you could harpoon them and roast them on the bar-b-q. The males are much smaller, about the size of an old half dollar coin (I'd guess 3cm for the non-USA's).

I once watched one of these molt its exoskeleton. A flap opens up on the back, and it squirms out the back. I had seen a few skins. Whe I saw one hanging with it's legs pointing forward and a split on its back, I thought it was injured from a bird or other bug. Then it started to... well, crawl out of its skin. I called my brother, and we sat and watched. Quite cool.

404Error · 08-15-2004, 12:14 AM

Quite a coincidence that this thread was just added as I was outside practicing with my macro lens today and snapped a few pictures of some bugs and this spider. This little guy (or gal) was about the size of a pea and through the viewfinder it just looked like a normal run of the mill spider. I was pretty shocked to see the details on him when I uploaded the pix onto my computer screen. If I'd known it looked like that at the time, I wouldn't have gotten as close as I did to take the pictures!

Cyber Wolf · 08-15-2004, 12:37 AM

Oh GOD!!

Ok...I have no problem with spiders the size of a dime or smaller but anything bigger and I am GONE, only to return wearing my steeltoe combat boots...and all these spiders look so much bigger than they would in these pictures.

Cripes...we need an emoticon for 'getting the hell out of HERE'.

Dagney · 08-14-2004, 08:28 PM

I am most definitely adding to the list of 'places i won't visit unless they can guarantee me that thos dang spiders have been removed'

08-14-2004, 08:46 PM

~~~i'm afraid of spider~~

Trilby · 08-15-2004, 07:12 AM

Here in Ohio we have a lot of Nurse Spiders...you can tell they're Nurse Spiders because they have little white caps on.

Kitsune · 08-17-2004, 10:25 PM

I have no problem with spiders the size of a dime or smaller but anything bigger and I am GONE, only to return wearing my steeltoe combat boots

Next up: Florida residents Kitsune and Rakarin introduce Cellarites to Palmetto Bugs!

and all these spiders look so much bigger than they would in these pictures

Rakarin, how big was that spider you took a picture of?

Cyber Wolf · 08-17-2004, 11:30 PM

Introduce all you want...as long as they're in a bin or something behind a solid sheet of glass.

Do your Palmettos measure up to the Goliath bird eating tarantulas ? Them things get to the size of a dinner plate, don'tchaknow. I got to meet one face to face (through a nice thick sheet of glass of course!) and let me tell you, I wouldn't want to find that great bloody beast in the ceiling corner of MY bedroom, else there'd be a me-shaped hole in the opposite wall, drywall, framing and bricks be damned.

Rakarin · 08-18-2004, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Rakarin, how big was that spider you took a picture of?

Um, dude, you were there....
This is the one that you were going to hold a dollar bill next to, but then freaked out because your camera flash was pissing it off, and it was getting ready to jump, bloodlust glowing in its eyes and fangs frothing with rage....

It could have easily spread it's legs across the palm of my hand. Those are bricks it's standing on.

jdbutler · 08-18-2004, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

Here in Ohio we have a lot of Nurse Spiders...you can tell they're Nurse Spiders because they have little white caps on.

And the "Head Nurse" spider wears knee pads?

08-14-2004, 05:09 PM	#1
Rakarin Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 21	Spider!!! Hi, all. Long time lurker, just registered, friend of Kitsune. I took this picture with his camera. He suggested I post it. So, here it is! It's not as lossless as I would have liked to post, but you get the idea. Oh, and if anyone is afraid of spiders, I appologize if this makes you feel them crawling all over you, their eight little legs scampering up your leg, creeping slowly up your back.... Attached Images

08-15-2004, 12:14 AM	#7
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	Quite a coincidence that this thread was just added as I was outside practicing with my macro lens today and snapped a few pictures of some bugs and this spider. This little guy (or gal) was about the size of a pea and through the viewfinder it just looked like a normal run of the mill spider. I was pretty shocked to see the details on him when I uploaded the pix onto my computer screen. If I'd known it looked like that at the time, I wouldn't have gotten as close as I did to take the pictures! Attached Images __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

08-15-2004, 12:37 AM	#8
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Oh GOD!! Ok...I have no problem with spiders the size of a dime or smaller but anything bigger and I am GONE, only to return wearing my steeltoe combat boots...and all these spiders look so much bigger than they would in these pictures. Cripes...we need an emoticon for 'getting the hell out of HERE'. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

08-14-2004, 08:28 PM	#9
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	I am most definitely adding to the list of 'places i won't visit unless they can guarantee me that thos dang spiders have been removed' __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

08-17-2004, 10:25 PM	#12
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	I have no problem with spiders the size of a dime or smaller but anything bigger and I am GONE, only to return wearing my steeltoe combat boots Next up: Florida residents Kitsune and Rakarin introduce Cellarites to Palmetto Bugs! and all these spiders look so much bigger than they would in these pictures Rakarin, how big was that spider you took a picture of? Last edited by Kitsune; 08-17-2004 at 10:28 PM.

08-14-2004, 05:17 PM	#2
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Hello Rakarin, Welcome to the cellar. Nice picture. Would you mind if we shopped it a bit?

08-14-2004, 06:38 PM	#4
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	Rather dramatic at that angle. <img src="http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~gvidas/photos/beach/spider.jpg"> This little bugger was hanging around the porch of a beach cottage in South Carolina. Hard to tell from the photo, given there's no object of scale or anything like that, but he was 2-3" from legtip to legtip.

08-14-2004, 07:03 PM	#5
ShawnD Questionist Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 8	Here is one I took out my back window (Missisauga, Ontario).

08-14-2004, 08:46 PM	#10
No_TimE Guest Posts: n/a	~~~i'm afraid of spider~~

08-15-2004, 07:12 AM	#11
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Here in Ohio we have a lot of Nurse Spiders...you can tell they're Nurse Spiders because they have little white caps on.

08-17-2004, 11:30 PM	#13
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Introduce all you want...as long as they're in a bin or something behind a solid sheet of glass. Do your Palmettos measure up to the Goliath bird eating tarantulas ? Them things get to the size of a dinner plate, don'tchaknow. I got to meet one face to face (through a nice thick sheet of glass of course!) and let me tell you, I wouldn't want to find that great bloody beast in the ceiling corner of MY bedroom, else there'd be a me-shaped hole in the opposite wall, drywall, framing and bricks be damned. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

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