SpaceGhost Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 This fucker now owns the east side of my house. What kind is it? http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/22/5620f849e2ea3e0e2bc88e0715352c09.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 We have had a lot of those this year.... all outside near the Porch Lights.... KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 We have a spider that won't die in our basement. We named him Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Some variety of orb weaver if I had to guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstmg8 Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 We always called them a garden spider, I think there's a black and yellow version as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRD2BDF Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Who the fuck cares? Kill that fucking thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erieaddict Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Everything you ever wanted to know about spiders http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/portals/wildlife/pdfs/publications/id%20guides/pub5140.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Everything you ever wanted to know about spiders http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/portals/wildlife/pdfs/publications/id%20guides/pub5140.pdf Though I can appreciate your reference, I would have rather you supplied some chemical from where you work to kill the damn spider. I have been killing dozens of spiders around the house in the last week or so. Mostly wolf spiders and some huge ass orb. Can't have my dog messing with those things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Spiders outside I'm fine with. What freaks me out is on the rare occasion when I'm on the shitter and one comes crawling on the floor. FUCK!!!! I hate that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 When I was in Hilton Head this year we saw a Garden Spider the size of a saucer plate. Freaked us out because we were not paying attention as we walked into the doorway it was hanging above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiji ST Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 It's that time of year where they start showing up in waves. My front bushes are covered in spider webs and I've also noticed them chilling out on my roof making webs off of my gutters. Big suckers too. I've only found two wolf spiders in my house so far, but I know they are just hanging out waiting to get me one night. Almost burned my house down one night a few years ago because of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Lol just help them outside, aren't doing you any harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 That is a common orb weaver. I have a few of those and barn spiders outside my house. They are most active this time of year. If it is in your house you should catch it in a glass and take it outside. A few orbs will eat most of the mosquitos around your property. It is something you will notice quickly if you are outside at dusk. Don't kill this thing let it kill bugs for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Everything you ever wanted to know about spiders http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/portals/wildlife/pdfs/publications/id%20guides/pub5140.pdf That is a great read. I can only identify a few spiders around my house and yard and this really helps. I never kill any spiders, ever. They are good to have around and dangerous ones in Ohio are super rare... :nod: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 When I was in Hilton Head this year we saw a Garden Spider the size of a saucer plate. Freaked us out because we were not paying attention as we walked into the doorway it was hanging above. LOL, reminded me of the time I was in FL, and there was a beautiful full moon rising at night. I went out my front door and took a couple steps to look at it. My right eye blacked out for a second and I stepped back so the moon came back into focus and I "WTF'd?"... Turn on the front porch light, and there was a HUGE spider that made the two posts around the front porch his web in a matter of a day. I literally took two steps out into the moonlit darkness and was so close to the web that he eclipsed the moon from my one eye. I didn't sleep well that night. http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/true-story-woody.jpg To wit: I do agree with the above comments. I HATE spiders when I find them in my house, but outside they are a welcome predator for bugs. I did destroy the web for the big spider in FL, and he scampered off. Got the idea, apparently...because I never saw him again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbs3000 Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Our house has a ton of the ones that weave the little hole in the bushes/grass etc. but the other day I came out and almost walked into the biggest web I have ever seen. it connected a bush and a tree that are 15 feet or more apart from one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 As someone mentioned above, orb weaver. Many varieties, mostly harmless. Generally build their webs at night and hide, if not completely take down their webs, during the day. (They hide from one of their biggest enemies during the day, the wasp. Many species of wasp love to wrestle them down and paralyze them with a sting before stuffing them in a hole underground or a birthing chamber within a nest. They then lay an egg on the still living but immobile spider who will be eaten alive when they egg hatches.) I've seen some of these orb weavers get large enough to build webs that stretch across entire roads; small ones, generally dirt, but still. When you're drving down a road late at night and feel the need to actually increase your speed so your car doesnt get stuck in it, it's too big. lol Oh, and it's not a "garden spider" as someone mentioned. This is: Notice the striking pattern and the zigzag formation in the center of the web. http://texasento.net/Argiope.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 This creepy creature has been living outside our front door off the porch for a week. Can't really get a good pic of it with a real camera let alone my phone as it's over some shrubs and stuff but this is a weird looking dude. Has a big ass with spikes on it. Cell Phone Shot: http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/20150923_121808_zpsi6iy4q1r.jpg Awaiting Christian our resident entomologist and bug expert to chime in. Until then, it's name is spike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Oh I didn't kill it, I'm just not going on that side of the house until the first frost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Quik7 Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 We have the anti-spider at our house...not one to be found inside...don't know which I hate more, these guys feel like a hornet when bitten and they're always in your shit.. http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/animalcrossing/images/4/44/B0060239_10593877.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130103043047 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Centipedes are awesome. Had a giant one crawl across my foot while on the shitter a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 This creepy creature has been living outside our front door off the porch for a week. Can't really get a good pic of it with a real camera let alone my phone as it's over some shrubs and stuff but this is a weird looking dude. Has a big ass with spikes on it. Cell Phone Shot: http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/20150923_121808_zpsi6iy4q1r.jpg Awaiting Christian our resident entomologist and bug expert to chime in. Until then, it's name is spike. Micrathena! There are many "spiked" spiders belonging to Micrathena. All are really cool. THat looks like a regular Spiked Micrathena or Spined Micra, I don't know. Might not even be that, but it's definitely a Micrathena. Harmless and cool looking. We have the anti-spider at our house...not one to be found inside...don't know which I hate more, these guys feel like a hornet when bitten and they're always in your shit.. http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/animalcrossing/images/4/44/B0060239_10593877.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130103043047 If that's a House Centipede, that's probably the biggest one I've seen. So common up here in Ohio. I let them run the basement and garage for the same reason mentioned above. When I find them in the "regular" part of the house (or stuck in the damn sink), I pick them up and throw them outside or in the garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKilbourne Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Spiders take care of bugs outside. They do me favors that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 We have orb weavers all over ouside our house. This one was out tonight. His web is anchored to our gutters and attaches to a low hedge of bushes. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/24/ae69fdc4c54a1fcbb0fc8a7538f26ae6.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/24/b78346dce8b1350877cd25665eff2770.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/24/90a6b90c21eb1ec6fe5ffe801472c51a.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/24/5675f98bbd554eb3b9e96e23206b4a77.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Some spider built a web in the corner of my back door. Been there for like a week. At night I turn on the patio light and all the bugs in the world fly into his death trap. I start furiously masturbating staring out the door watching the spider flip the fuck out chasing all these little things bombarding his web and I'm like MOAR MOAR MOAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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