He's back (or one of his kids):
I call him Cthulhu.I don't know why I feel fondness for this creepy guy. (Not creepy "little" guy, because he's about an inch long.) I have to say I'm impressed; this web is bigger than a stop sign, and its anchor lines go six to ten feet outwards. Spiders must have pretty damn good vision to pull that off.
OMG! Is that a spider or a bullfrog? Are you sure it's not one of those deadly brown recluses? Egads, somebody hand me a broom. I'm getting creeped out just looking at the thing.
ReplyDeleteMighty harmonious of you to coexist as you are.
Hah! Definitely not a bullfrog, though I don't know what kind of spider. I'd like to rummage through google images to identify it better, but I have no idea where to begin besides "spider".
ReplyDeleteMaybe @hacool knows a bugologist.
ReplyDeleteThis is as close as I've been able to come to your spidey. See I do have a very inquiring mind ;)
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Thanks, I think that's the type. I looked up part of the name at your link and it turns out it's called "european garden spider" or something. Not 'hellspawn' or 'vorpal arachnid' or anything like that, thankfully.
ReplyDeleteI still don't know why they're an inch long here though.
I don't mind spiders and I leave them alone when I can. They eat bugs. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Outside the building where I work is a wood spider that must be just about maximum size for it's species. I have a pic somewhere, taken from a safe 2 feet away.
ReplyDeleteOddly enough I (@hacool) do know a "bugologist." Joe Keiper is a forensic entomologist and Director of Science & Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at CMNH. You can sometimes find him at the Spidey on Friday's after work.
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