Just so those with arachnophobia can’t complain.

roughbarked said:

Just so those with arachnophobia can’t complain.

He’s always riding her arse…

Complain? It’s well known that DA has a fear of spiders. Whether you or I understand that is irrelevant – just be a bit nicer. I love spiders and miss the great big crawly ones I had back home.

Spiders are amazing creatures.

I used to be very anacrophobic but have gradually changed my thoughts ..

Just love our friendly St. Andrews Cross spiders up here

>He’s always riding her arse…

Presumably putting the greatest distance between himself and her mouth.

Dropbear said:

Spiders are amazing creatures.

I used to be very anacrophobic but have gradually changed my thoughts ..

Just love our friendly St. Andrews Cross spiders up here

the golden orbs are the real monsters…

I had to evict this one from the girl child’s cubby house a while back(sorry about the zoom)

it;s dead :(

Arts said:

it;s dead :(

yes… like I said, it was an eviction… had it taken up residence elsewhere I wouldn’t have cared, but the last thing I was going to try and do was somehow scoop it up and transport it down the street.

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

it;s dead :(

yes… like I said, it was an eviction… had it taken up residence elsewhere I wouldn’t have cared, but the last thing I was going to try and do was somehow scoop it up and transport it down the street.

One thing one must learn about spiders:
If one spider liked the spot, it won’t matter how many times you kill it, there will always be another.

Message is the bleeding obvious. Change what the spider liked about the spot.

roughbarked said:

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

it;s dead :(

yes… like I said, it was an eviction… had it taken up residence elsewhere I wouldn’t have cared, but the last thing I was going to try and do was somehow scoop it up and transport it down the street.

One thing one must learn about spiders:
If one spider liked the spot, it won’t matter how many times you kill it, there will always be another.

Message is the bleeding obvious. Change what the spider liked about the spot.

Or thank the spider for being there and enjoy the benefits it brings

roughbarked said:

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

it;s dead :(

yes… like I said, it was an eviction… had it taken up residence elsewhere I wouldn’t have cared, but the last thing I was going to try and do was somehow scoop it up and transport it down the street.

One thing one must learn about spiders:
If one spider liked the spot, it won’t matter how many times you kill it, there will always be another.

Message is the bleeding obvious. Change what the spider liked about the spot.

I live in the Tropics. Simplest thing to do is ignore them. The geckos eat the little ones & the butcher birds eat the big ones.

Dropbear said:

roughbarked said:

diddly-squat said:

yes… like I said, it was an eviction… had it taken up residence elsewhere I wouldn’t have cared, but the last thing I was going to try and do was somehow scoop it up and transport it down the street.

One thing one must learn about spiders:
If one spider liked the spot, it won’t matter how many times you kill it, there will always be another.

Message is the bleeding obvious. Change what the spider liked about the spot.

Or thank the spider for being there and enjoy the benefits it brings

or continue to remove spider and let child play happily and safely

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

roughbarked said:

One thing one must learn about spiders:
If one spider liked the spot, it won’t matter how many times you kill it, there will always be another.

Message is the bleeding obvious. Change what the spider liked about the spot.

Or thank the spider for being there and enjoy the benefits it brings

or continue to remove spider and let child play happily and safely

its not hard to have another child :)

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

roughbarked said:

One thing one must learn about spiders:
If one spider liked the spot, it won’t matter how many times you kill it, there will always be another.

Message is the bleeding obvious. Change what the spider liked about the spot.

Or thank the spider for being there and enjoy the benefits it brings

or continue to remove spider and let child play happily and safely

Sounds like you have a phobia of your own, ds :)

Speedy said:

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

Or thank the spider for being there and enjoy the benefits it brings

or continue to remove spider and let child play happily and safely

Sounds like you have a phobia of your own, ds :)

Droppy doesn’t. ;)

Carmen_Sandiego said:

He’s always riding her arse…

Wot? You talking about me?

Commonly what makes those big holes in the lawn or garden mulch.

Just in case DA reads back in chat in the morning. ;)

roughbarked said:

Just in case DA reads back in chat in the morning. ;)

Those Golden Orb Spiders have remarkably good eye-sight. Related family members will often build their webs near to other family members, so you can have a dozen or so of the large females within a couple of metres of each other. I recall one such occasion when I could see such a cluster from a good twenty metres away and started to walk towards them for a better look, and as I did, they all began to climb higher to get well out of range. I was impressed.

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

Just in case DA reads back in chat in the morning. ;)

Those Golden Orb Spiders have remarkably good eye-sight. Related family members will often build their webs near to other family members, so you can have a dozen or so of the large females within a couple of metres of each other. I recall one such occasion when I could see such a cluster from a good twenty metres away and started to walk towards them for a better look, and as I did, they all began to climb higher to get well out of range. I was impressed.

Yes. There are some places where one can see orb weavers completely blocking the sky as far as the eye can see. Their webs are so extensive it is difficult to get close.

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

Just in case DA reads back in chat in the morning. ;)

Those Golden Orb Spiders have remarkably good eye-sight. Related family members will often build their webs near to other family members, so you can have a dozen or so of the large females within a couple of metres of each other. I recall one such occasion when I could see such a cluster from a good twenty metres away and started to walk towards them for a better look, and as I did, they all began to climb higher to get well out of range. I was impressed.

Yes. There are some places where one can see orb weavers completely blocking the sky as far as the eye can see. Their webs are so extensive it is difficult to get close.

I have noticed with these large spiders and their stout golden webs that they are usually found attached to reasonably solid objects like buildings or trees, but rarely shrubs. I suspect they do so to reduce wind damage to their elaborate long-lasting webs, as the lighter branches of most shrubs move considerably in windy conditions and would probably break the thick web fibres that are built for stability and would have limited stretch.

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

Those Golden Orb Spiders have remarkably good eye-sight. Related family members will often build their webs near to other family members, so you can have a dozen or so of the large females within a couple of metres of each other. I recall one such occasion when I could see such a cluster from a good twenty metres away and started to walk towards them for a better look, and as I did, they all began to climb higher to get well out of range. I was impressed.

Yes. There are some places where one can see orb weavers completely blocking the sky as far as the eye can see. Their webs are so extensive it is difficult to get close.

I have noticed with these large spiders and their stout golden webs that they are usually found attached to reasonably solid objects like buildings or trees, but rarely shrubs. I suspect they do so to reduce wind damage to their elaborate long-lasting webs, as the lighter branches of most shrubs move considerably in windy conditions and would probably break the thick web fibres that are built for stability and would have limited stretch.

Then you have only noticed these spiders when they are big enough for you to see. This spider is in a shrub, albeit a taller shrub but it is already more mature than this next golden orb weaver spider. Which happens to be in the top of a newly planted fruit tree.

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

Yes. There are some places where one can see orb weavers completely blocking the sky as far as the eye can see. Their webs are so extensive it is difficult to get close.

I have noticed with these large spiders and their stout golden webs that they are usually found attached to reasonably solid objects like buildings or trees, but rarely shrubs. I suspect they do so to reduce wind damage to their elaborate long-lasting webs, as the lighter branches of most shrubs move considerably in windy conditions and would probably break the thick web fibres that are built for stability and would have limited stretch.

Then you have only noticed these spiders when they are big enough for you to see. This spider is in a shrub, albeit a taller shrub but it is already more mature than this next golden orb weaver spider. Which happens to be in the top of a newly planted fruit tree.

Another observation, the silk spun by the spider is only a golden colour when spun by mature spiders.

And it is truly beautiful. Remember this, a few years ago?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Spider_silk_cape.jpg

(That picture is too big to put into the post – but worth going to look at)

http://www.mbandf.com/parallel-world/sensational-golden-cape-made-from-spider-silk

That’s not a spider…

Biologists uncovered the unusually large specimen of the spider’s tree-dwelling genus Hadronyche while canvassing Booderee National Park.
The 50-millimetre female was burrowed inside a rotting log in a silk-lined nest up to two metres long.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/scientists-discover-possible-new-funnelweb-spider-species-near-jervis-bay-20150908-gjhnle.html#ixzz3tbWWLxVa

Ian said:

That’s not a spider…

Biologists uncovered the unusually large specimen of the spider’s tree-dwelling genus Hadronyche while canvassing Booderee National Park.
The 50-millimetre female was burrowed inside a rotting log in a silk-lined nest up to two metres long.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/scientists-discover-possible-new-funnelweb-spider-species-near-jervis-bay-20150908-gjhnle.html#ixzz3tbWWLxVa

Yeah, Hadronyche are a big spider with a big bite but Nephila are bigger.

buffy said:

And it is truly beautiful. Remember this, a few years ago?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Spider_silk_cape.jpg

(That picture is too big to put into the post – but worth going to look at)

http://www.mbandf.com/parallel-world/sensational-golden-cape-made-from-spider-silk

Yes I remember that.

Ian said:

That’s not a spider…

You reckon?

Should have used this earlier with the rain gauge spidey .. For DA’s sake.

Anyway, this one looks like she’s been at the 25K whisky.

@

be shelob’s lair

There were four but one feaked out when I got close and escaped the shot.

Took some spider photos for the melb bioblitz. Will find them later, perhaps.

mollwollfumble said:

Took some spider photos for the melb bioblitz. Will find them later, perhaps.

Some are the same spider but there’s 257 here https://www.flickr.com/photos/roughbarked/albums/72157624248791559

Something I manipulated from a photo I took of a golden orb-weaver and potential mate, back in circa 1998. I was into making desktop images at the time.

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

Yeah, not a bad effort really, for arthropods.

Someone should make sure DA doesn’t miss all the fun.

I’d forgotten about her (and Bill’s) arachnophobia. Sorry DA and Bill.

I did start this tread for Arachnid photos.