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You win my approval, I agree that species seems to match the closest. Good ID!Furrow spider.
The surprised face on the abdomen is great.
What do I win?
You win my approval, I agree that species seems to match the closest. Good ID!Furrow spider.
The surprised face on the abdomen is great.
What do I win?
Been to Black Mesa again?
Definitely looks like an orb-weaver. small spider - Araneus thaddeus - BugGuide.Net
It's definitely an orb weaver. I have them all over my pier and house.
I leave them be, they eat the mosquitoes and flies.
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I hate spiders and generally smash any in the house, but I've yet to see a single orb weaver in my house in the 11 years I've lived here.
Since orb weavers don't see well, when vibrations come through the web (could be an insect, could be you blowing on it), they shake the web to increase the chances that the possible insect will get tangled in more web and get really stuck.
It's definitely an orb weaver. I have them all over my pier and house.
I leave them be, they eat the mosquitoes and flies.
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I hate spiders and generally smash any in the house, but I've yet to see a single orb weaver in my house in the 11 years I've lived here.
I'd be more concerned about that Valspar.
Don't know what you mean by "funnel web." They are not on the list of venomous spiders found in the US. There certainly are funnel web weavers in the US, but they are not venomous to humans.Funnel web and recluse around here.
They hang in the bushes and landscaping. Once in a while you see one running along the foundation.
I see them in the wood shed (lean too) in the summer at times.
We spray around the wood and the deck to keep them at bay.
Savin powder along the foundation and in key areas where the kids play.
Last year around this time we had huge webs every where. Not sure what the spiders were but they were huge and scary.
This year not so much.