Another look at her pretty eyes....
Its eyes are looking at the camera -- it knows you're going to post its portrait to the Interwebs.
maratsade wrote:Its eyes are looking at the camera -- it knows you're going to post its portrait to the Interwebs.
That's a smart spider! LOL.
It's a type of wolf spider. I get two types, this one being the heavier and creepier of the two. The other type are skinnier, though just as large, span wise, and the pictures in the previous thread were of the skinnier type. https://community.hughesnet.com/t5/General-Discussion/CREEPY-PICTURE-WARNING-I-hate-it-when-it-rains-in-the-summer-and/m-p/80203#M358
The skinnier ones don't bother me as much, and if it's not that much trouble I'll actually attempt to catch them and transport them outside rather than doing them in, but the kind shown in this thread don't fare well when I see them. They tend to be more aggressive if cornered, and though I've never been bitten by either one, from what I understand it can be quite painful. Harmless, but painful.
I was actually surprised that this one let me get as close to it with the camera as I did. Next time I'll try the super macro setting and attempt to get even closer, but, to be honest, I hope there isn't a next time, though I have no doubt there will be.
Could be worse; could be a brown recluse or a black widow! I get argiope spiders in the garden. They hang there in an x-shape. I've also seen black widows outside. I see spiders inside but have no idea what species they are.
maratsade wrote:Could be worse; could be a brown recluse or a black widow! I get argiope spiders in the garden. They hang there in an x-shape. I've also seen black widows outside. I see spiders inside but have no idea what species they are.
We get those argiope spiders here, too. I always find them on accident when walking through a field, and when you almost walk into one they take your breath away, that's for sure.
You know that they actually make those awesome webs every single day? A new one every morning. Amazing, and they are amazing looking (both the spider and the webs).
We don't get brown recluse or black widow spiders here, or at least not that I've seen or heard of. Too far north. Used to see a black widow every now and then when I lived in VA, though. Was a heating and AC tech so I crawled through plenty of crawl spaces and old basements. Never saw a brown recluse, though I know that they were there. Had a counter guy working for me, when I went to the wholesale side of the business, and he had been bitten by one about a year before hand, but it kept acting up every now and again. Those brown recluse bites are AWFUL!!!!
