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knighthawk 12-09-2009, 20:17 Found a very large spider in my garden today...its web was over 2 foot across...my little lads been feeding it ants all day and wants to keep it as a pet LOL..here's a few pics
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/kneetrembler67/Macro%20shots/DSCF7326.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/kneetrembler67/Macro%20shots/DSCF7324.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/kneetrembler67/Macro%20shots/DSCF7321.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/kneetrembler67/Macro%20shots/DSCF7310.jpg
waynebillard 12-09-2009, 20:19 oh my <removed> god thats horrid
fox20thc 12-09-2009, 20:23 it's beautiful
rubydazzler 12-09-2009, 20:24 whitehawk babs, do they have to be quite so BIG!!! *shudder*
How cute is your little un ... bless him!
knighthawk 12-09-2009, 21:31 whitehawk babs, do they have to be quite so BIG!!! *shudder*
How cute is your little un ... bless him!Hiya ruby...he wants a pet tarantula now I have said he cannot keep a wild one as a pet hehehe kids
rubydazzler 12-09-2009, 21:37 Hiya ruby...he wants a pet tarantula now I have said he cannot keep a wild one as a pet hehehe kidsA chip off the old block then! I expect he'll be getting one in his stocking ... well, not actually IN his stocking, cos that could be slightly dangerous, but under the tree maybe??? :D
knighthawk 12-09-2009, 21:43 A chip off the old block then! I expect he'll be getting one in his stocking ... well, not actually IN his stocking, cos that could be slightly dangerous, but under the tree maybe??? :D
hahahah you no me too well ruby
Bladesman 12-09-2009, 21:48 Holy crap
Kill it Kill it!!!
Gothic_Angel 12-09-2009, 23:16 Holy crap
Kill it Kill it!!!
Noooooo!
It's lovely.
She's beautiful! I've got one just like her under my apple tree at the moment.
Her web is so impressive- it's between the tree and a bush in the garden and it's so sturdy that I can actually move the bush by pulling on the guy lines of the web.
knighthawk 12-09-2009, 23:32 She's beautiful! I've got one just like her under my apple tree at the moment.
Her web is so impressive- it's between the tree and a bush in the garden and it's so sturdy that I can actually move the bush by pulling on the guy lines of the web.
I agree with you there...definitely fascinating to watch
knighthawk 14-09-2009, 13:54 it's beautifulI agree...there fascinating to watch
joanne p 14-09-2009, 14:03 Thay horrible its the legs that freak me out......
I found her daughter in my garden just yesterday... thankfully not as big, but very nosey..lol
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3298/spiderzu.jpg
knighthawk 14-09-2009, 22:32 I found her daughter in my garden just yesterday... thankfully not as big, but very nosey..lol
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3298/spiderzu.jpgThats a great and exactly the same sort of spider...I wish i could find out what sort of spider it is
rubydazzler 14-09-2009, 22:39 Thats a great and exactly the same sort of spider...I wish i could find out what sort of spider it isIs it this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_garden_spider
stevesheff08 14-09-2009, 22:52 Thats a great and exactly the same sort of spider...I wish i could find out what sort of spider it is
her brother was in my garden other day on the privett think hes gone now though...
knighthawk 14-09-2009, 23:14 Is it this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_garden_spideryour spot on ruby....i used to see lots of them fist thing in the morning..but sadly this is the fist i have seen in a long time
redrobbo 14-09-2009, 23:44 Is it this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_garden_spider
It looks like it to me.
I've just read your link and learned a new word .... stridulation! :cool:
rubydazzler 15-09-2009, 07:26 It looks like it to me. I've just read your link and learned a new word .... stridulation! :cool:I know, who'd a thort it! :D
I agree...there fascinating to watch
Fascinating to watch as long as they don't crawl on me... lol
muckymurphy 15-09-2009, 11:43 it is giant spider season right now, the one in your garden is quite small but a fair size for an outside dweller. our house in built on former woodland and at this time of we get spiders that are 3 times the size of yours with very long legs (they are not daddy longlegs though) running around indoors, and my, are they fast runners. we evicted 2 before we went away and on our return we had to catch 3 more. they arrive at a certain period in the year then disappear just as suddenly, so we dont have to tolerate them for long. there are thousands of tiny black ones in the garden that seem to be there all year round. people with manicured lawns, decking and patios miss out on all the fun these creatures can give us.. enjoy!
it is giant spider season right now, the one in your garden is quite small but a fair size for an outside dweller. our house in built on former woodland and at this time of we get spiders that are 3 times the size of yours with very long legs (they are not daddy longlegs though) running around indoors, and my, are they fast runners. we evicted 2 before we went away and on our return we had to catch 3 more. they arrive at a certain period in the year then disappear just as suddenly, so we dont have to tolerate them for long. there are thousands of tiny black ones in the garden that seem to be there all year round. people with manicured lawns, decking and patios miss out on all the fun these creatures can give us.. enjoy!
Yes I have seen these huge critters *shudder* and I swear some of them actually jump. I evicted one just yesterday because as much as I find them fascinating, when its over my bed looking down at me with its 20 million eyes (ok slight exaggeration there) then it's time for them to go. What I don't understand (because I have never yet knowing killed a spider) is the people who take great care to capture them and then without a thought launch them out of the bedroom window into oblivion????
mattsando 15-09-2009, 12:03 We had about 4 in one evening of the large ones! The Cats were going crazy trying to get at them!!
I reckon this one was the Daddy .....lol
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/613/photograph3l.jpg
knighthawk 15-09-2009, 13:26 I reckon this one was the Daddy .....lol
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/613/photograph3l.jpg
Them long legged ones freak me out errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....I don't mind the big fat slow moving ones LOL
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/kneetrembler67/Macro%20shots/DSCF7318.jpg
rubydazzler 15-09-2009, 15:25 I reckon this one was the Daddy .....lolThat'd be the Mummy. The big ones are the girls, the littler ones are the boys, they make a tasty snack for her when mating's over :o
knighthawk 15-09-2009, 15:32 That'd be the Mummy. The big ones are the girls, the littler ones are the boys, they make a tasty snack for her when mating's over :otypical women then LOL :hihi:
I so wished i had not looked at this!!! lol:shocked::shocked:
That'd be the Mummy. The big ones are the girls, the littler ones are the boys, they make a tasty snack for her when mating's over :o
I stand corrected and should have known that...just glad we don't do the same thing, I'd be a very skinny spider...LOL
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