Comments on: Pet spider http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/ | social justice | higher education | technology | Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:18:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: nathan http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/#comment-30314 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:43:53 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/#comment-30314 hi we just found an unusuall spider like bob, we looked it up and we found that it looks like bob but alot biger. we named him jack we looked and looked and couldnt find the speices he is our new pet :)... hi we just found an unusuall spider like bob, we looked it up and we found that it looks like bob but alot biger. we named him jack we looked and looked and couldnt find the speices he is our new pet :) …

]]> by: Bronte http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/#comment-29657 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:25:48 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/#comment-29657 hi i had a spider just like that out side my window. Its a garden orb wever. i love it , her names sharlet. she resently died its realy sad but she had children. i remember her boy friend i called him tarzan because he swang on his web and crassed into my window once. it was funny. anway she had millions of baby spiderlings but they all flew away! exept two boys i called George and Ryan there just babys and soo cute. talk to you later. bye hi i had a spider just like that out side my window. Its a garden orb wever. i love it , her names sharlet. she resently died its realy sad but she had children. i remember her boy friend i called him tarzan because he swang on his web and crassed into my window once. it was funny. anway she had millions of baby spiderlings but they all flew away! exept two boys i called George and Ryan there just babys and soo cute. talk to you later. bye

]]> by: Michelle http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/#comment-29314 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:19:41 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/#comment-29314 We have two of these same spiders that have been living out side my back door all summer! I am not a big spider fan but it has been amazing watching them. They work like clock work, every night one of them begins their web around 8:00 and finishes about 10:00, but what I find so peculiar is that they take it down every morning, and they take turns making the web every other night! It's nice to finally know what kind of spider they are! thanks for sharing. We have two of these same spiders that have been living out side my back door all summer! I am not a big spider fan but it has been amazing watching them. They work like clock work, every night one of them begins their web around 8:00 and finishes about 10:00, but what I find so peculiar is that they take it down every morning, and they take turns making the web every other night! It’s nice to finally know what kind of spider they are! thanks for sharing.

]]> by: Jonah Lynch http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/#comment-27508 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:05:36 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/#comment-27508 http://bugguide.net/node/view/13512/bgimage pretty close... http://bugguide.net/node/view/13512/bgimage

pretty close…

]]> by: Jonah Lynch http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/#comment-27446 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:58:15 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/18/pet-spider/#comment-27446 Orb Weaving Spider Venom toxicity - the bite of Orb-Weaving Spiders is of low risk (not toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders. Seldom bite. Be careful not to walk into their webs at night - the fright of this spider crawling over one's face can be terrifying and may cause a heart attack, particularly to the susceptible over 40 year olds. Spider Identification - an adult is about 2/3 to more than 1 inch in body length - has a bulbous abdomen - often colorful - dark to light brown pattern. The common Golden Orb-Weaver Spider has a purplish bulbous abdomen with fine hairs. Habitat - often found in summer in garden areas around the home - they spin a large circular web of 6 feet or more, often between buildings and shrubs, to snare flying insects, such as, flies and mosquitoes Orb Weaving Spider

Venom toxicity - the bite of Orb-Weaving Spiders is of low risk (not toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders. Seldom bite. Be careful not to walk into their webs at night - the fright of this spider crawling over one’s face can be terrifying and may cause a heart attack, particularly to the susceptible over 40 year olds.

Spider Identification - an adult is about 2/3 to more than 1 inch in body length - has a bulbous abdomen - often colorful - dark to light brown pattern. The common Golden Orb-Weaver Spider has a purplish bulbous abdomen with fine hairs.

Habitat - often found in summer in garden areas around the home - they spin a large circular web of 6 feet or more, often between buildings and shrubs, to snare flying insects, such as, flies and mosquitoes

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