Lets see your spider webs

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its fall.. the spideys have matured.. have had all summer to spin some magnificent webs..

and dewy fall mornings are a great time to SEE them ... lets see some pix ... and to be clear.. i am looking at the artwork of the web ... a pic of the spider is secondary ... lets call it a bonus ...

NEVER FORGET ... spiders are our friends... a beneficial in the garden .. i hesitate to say insect ... as i think they arent.. regardless.. they eat bad bugs.. so let them have at it ...

and really if you are out there swatting at your shrubs with a broom to kill them.. well.. you need a hobby.. rotflmbo ... [at least you are getting exercise .. lol] ....

ken

ps: its a whole different issue if those bat turds are in IN THE HOUSE... then they must die immediately ... but thats a different show as alton used to say ....

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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Bat turds? You have bats in the house?

I use a broom to move certain spiders, a housekeeping task that is pretty effective in relocation without killing them. Tsk tsk for not knowing that spiders are arachnids and not insects.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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yeah that.. or i was trying to stimulate a conversation ... thx for the pix

ken
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djacob Z6a SE WI
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Give me time to get pics……

what pic? I don’t see one here on forum……

debra
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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you are a card deb ... keep looking for it ...

here is a pic of my meadow.. back int he day... basically an unmown weed patch.. lol.. mx ought to enjoy it.. lol

thats due east.. so it was early morning.. of course.. the dew told us that.. the real mystery is what thet hell i was doing out there 500 feet from my front door at that time of day.. lol ...

and do include spiders ... heres an ugly one.. luckly on the outside of the house.. she is free to be there... just not the pther side of the wall .. i have a labeled folder.. lets see if any of you can ID it... junkie????
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
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Might be a Tiger Wolf spider, Tigrosa aspersa, how big was it?

tj
diggerdee zone 6 CT
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I like spiders... outdoors! Actually, i usually let them live in my house too, as long as they aren't in my bedroom. Especially at night just before I'm going to bed.

Years ago we had a spider in the bathroom that my young kids were very nervous about. He was up in the corner of the ceiling, and he moved very fast. I told the kids his name was Speedy and over a few weeks they came to be less afraid and I think actually thought of him as a pet. I didn't want my kids to grow up to be one of those people who stomp on every bug they see!

I've got spider web pics somewhere but have to dig them out....

:)

Dee
diggerdee zone 6 CT
last year
Oh, the one spider I will absolutely not abide in my house is a wood spider. Being a city girl, the first time I saw one when I moved to what I thought at the time was the boondocks, I was horrified. I thought I was in some kind of horror movie. My neighnbor told me what they were. Ugh. Luckily (knock wood) I've only seen two in my house over 25 years, so thank goodness for that.

::)

Dee
djacob Z6a SE WI
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Yep, diggerdee, I am ok with spiders in general, but I do relocate when I find them inside. I either pick them up gently with a paper towel or try to get them to crawl on a piece of cardboard and put them in the garden.

here are some webs I found in the garage:

debra
djacob Z6a SE WI
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Some pics of a Zebra Spider:

Sorry it’s blurry, I am trying to the detail….. I assume that’s the face….

debra
Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.
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Saw this one on an 'Empress Wu' scape among the seed pods.

Pieter
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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ooo.. pete gets the gold star for bringing in hosta.. lol ..

my folder was labeled wolf spider.. so spot on junkster ...

whats baffling me.. is that i dont have shutters like that.. and i have no clue where that pic was taken back in 2009 ... hmmmmm..

ken
mxk3 z5b_MI
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"here is a pic of my meadow.. back int he day... basically an unmown weed patch.. lol.. mx ought to enjoy it.. lol."

Hey now! One man's weeds are another woman's wildflowers.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
Original Author
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lol.. what i meant.. was that i didint plant anything.. i just didnt mow it.. and called it a wildflower meadow ... lol..

work smart.. not hard .. lol ..

ken
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
Original Author
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these things are amazing ...

im running out.. anyone else have any ..???
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
last year
Such a great topic and gorgeous spiders and webs. I am fond of spiders.

Ken that first pic above is incredibly beautiful!

Such a messy web and Hosta going down hard. The tiny spider zipped into the hole as I approached.

A bit better organized web

hosta_maker the yellow garden spider is one of my favorites. They clearly have a style in web making as our webs are pretty much identical.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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my first one way up above .. the meadow pic ..... or the top one in the last offering .. with all the darkness behind ....???

ken
ruth_mi
last year
This is from last October. It was hanging from a roadside sign.
NHBabs z4b-5a NH
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This isn’t a pretty one, but is the most common type I have. The web creates a funnel and the spider sits at the bottom of the funnel waiting for dinner to arrive. They show up best in the early morning when there is dew.
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
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Ken the top one in last offering with the dark behind. It is quite stunning.

Now that is a perfect web Ruth!
frankielynnsie
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Here is a jeweled ground spider web; Didn't see the spider but he was there somewhere.
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
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My yellow garden spider. First I have seen this one.
forever_a_newbie_VA8
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A yellow garden spider caught a swallowtail butterfly

Not sure if it is a tiger?
forever_a_newbie_VA8
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Checked back and the butterfly was gone. Spider’s web was broken and there was a hole. don’t know what happened to the body of poor butterfly
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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anyone know why .. various spiders make that zig zag pattern in the middle of the web??

wonder if a bird sniped the butterfly ... might indicate why web needs repair... unless the winged felon got spidey too???

ken
forever_a_newbie_VA8
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Maybe the butterfly’s family rescued its body?

I went back to check again. Spider looks very still and sad. I was wondering whether it was dead. So I touched it and it jumped up. I wish it will not abadon its web. Really a very pretty creature
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
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“anyone know why .. various spiders make that zig zag pattern in the middle of the web??“

I wondered the same thing years ago when the zig- zag pattern changed every few days on a web in my yard. The conclusion was the experts could only guess. Suggestions ranged from warning birds so they didn’t fly through the web, to luring prey, making the spider look bigger so it was not prey and even stabilizing the web. There’s even a name for it…stabilimentum.

tj

ETA- Oh, and the reason it moved the pattern was so that escapees from the web wouldn’t ”learn” the danger spot. Not sure about that one.
forever_a_newbie_VA8
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“stabilimentum”, I tried 3 times, and could not pronounce it.

there is so much fun and to learn. Thanks!

Checked back and this yellow garden spider caught another prey. It could be a carpenter bee since a lot of them have been flying around
forever_a_newbie_VA8
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Victim could be a carpenter bee. And spider has fixed its web
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
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Some older pics & some I got after it rained.

Closest thing to a Crab spider web I have seen, they usually just seem to hang out waiting.

Another Crab spider.
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
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A few more from after the rain.

The spider making these disorganized webs
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
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I love ll these photos, although I can't help but feel a bit sorry when I see the victims. Still, spiders are very cool and necessary and I don't want them to starve either. Thanks all for the marvelous photos.