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http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/zebthethird/smilyspider.jpg
She's smiling.
jk the sooner fan
9/13/2006, 07:48 PM
wtf is that?
WTF?
I probably would use this to kill it:
http://static.flickr.com/33/47851617_3e6dc90aeb_m.jpg
Here's a photo I took of her this morning when I walked out the door to go to work...
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/zebthethird/smily-morning.jpg
WTF, indeed. That's why I took the photos. This Okie had never seen anything like it.
Come to find out, it is a Gasteracantha cancriformis.
I was about to guess that.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2331
jk the sooner fan
9/13/2006, 08:00 PM
is it poisonous?
SoonerBorn68
9/13/2006, 08:01 PM
When PG finds this she's gonna have a negfest. :D
wow, I have never heard of that, or seen one. Wonder what the shell is suppose to protect them from.
These spiders can bite, but they are not of much harm to humans. Humans can be bothered by the species' spines, which may cause a puncture in skin if touched in the wrong place. So, although they eat insects in orchards, which is beneficial, they become a pest during harvest time. (Muma and Stone, 1971)
places found in the last 100 years.
http://canadianarachnology.dyndns.org/MapServer/mapserv.exe?mode=map&map=nearctic5.map&SpeciesCode=16007
VeeJay
9/13/2006, 08:17 PM
Maybe we can hook that up with these in my front yard:
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/279/279949/pages/734728/ResizeBabyowlsWEB.jpg
Harry Beanbag
9/13/2006, 08:18 PM
Wonder what the shell is suppose to protect them from.
http://static.flickr.com/33/47851617_3e6dc90aeb_m.jpg
Maybe we can hook that up with these in my front yard:
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/279/279949/pages/734728/ResizeBabyowlsWEB.jpg
AWESOME.
TopDawg
9/13/2006, 09:12 PM
That one's just a baby. Here's a full grown adult:
http://www.kinoweb.de/film99/StarWarsIPhantomManace/pix/sw-c7.jpg
SoonerJack
9/13/2006, 09:59 PM
I'm totally going to email that picture to my wife at school and say something about a new species found in middle schools...yada yada...under desks, etc. hehe
Sooner_Bob
9/13/2006, 10:02 PM
That spider is definitely cool . . .
Speaking of spiders, please tell me I'm not the only one to have fed a black widow.
Every spider is poisonous, dude...
picasso
9/13/2006, 10:20 PM
Maybe we can hook that up with these in my front yard:
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/279/279949/pages/734728/ResizeBabyowlsWEB.jpg
holy crap! My Osage buddies would pee their pants.
proud gonzo
9/13/2006, 10:42 PM
damn it, i wasn't going to neg you until somebody actually said it's a sp*der. I was going to give you the benefit of the doubt since I can only really clearly see 6 legs... unless those two little things are legs....
:mad:
You must have ditched out quite a bit of neg, b/c there were quite a few "s words" shelled out there.
I must have missed that one in the FAQ section.... ;)
GrapevineSooner
9/13/2006, 10:59 PM
Our neighbor's 17-year old daughter was almost in our front yard tonight cussing us out for calling the cops because their Pit Bull puppies broke through the fence and into our yard.
Which made it our fault that she had to leave her one week baby inside to come out and yell at us.
Did I mention they're all sub-white trailer trash?
skycat
9/13/2006, 11:00 PM
This little guy was in my back yard last week.
I named him Frank.
http://www.machafamily.org/temp/_DSC2460.jpg
MiccoMacey
9/14/2006, 07:42 AM
12,
Under which one of your six vehicle-on-cinder-blocks did you find that spider in your front yard?
You'dda thunk one of your 14 hound dogs woulda ated him well before you could run a mile to your neighbor's house to borrow a camera to snap this picture.
Or the cow wouldda come out of your house to eat this sucker.
Speaking of unusual arthropods.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/wringho/IMG_0553.jpg
fadada1
9/14/2006, 07:48 AM
dude, i'd sell that thing on ebay for beaucoup bucks.
some insect nerd would pay top dollar for that.
OU4LIFE
9/14/2006, 08:06 AM
SkyCat is SO screwed for posting that.
PG's wrath is coming.
unless those two little things are legs....
:mad:
Well, I don't like to brag.....
Partial Qualifier
9/14/2006, 08:47 AM
Maybe we can hook that up with these in my front yard:
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/279/279949/pages/734728/ResizeBabyowlsWEB.jpg
LOL, you've got burrowing owls in your front yard?? SWEET!
Partial Qualifier
9/14/2006, 08:49 AM
Our neighbor's 17-year old daughter was almost in our front yard tonight cussing us out for calling the cops because their Pit Bull puppies broke through the fence and into our yard.
Which made it our fault that she had to leave her one week baby inside to come out and yell at us.
Did I mention they're all sub-white trailer trash?
Really? I never would've guessed.
12,
Under which one of your six vehicle-on-cinder-blocks did you find that spider in your front yard?
You'dda thunk one of your 14 hound dogs woulda ated him well before you could run a mile to your neighbor's house to borrow a camera to snap this picture.
Or the cow wouldda come out of your house to eat this sucker.
Th' cow's in me belly.
And I only have one vehicle on blocks now.
Right next to the couch.
Pricetag
9/14/2006, 08:56 AM
You'll never get rid of them unless you kill this guy first:
http://www.videogamesprites.net/SuperMarioBros/Enemies/Overworld/Lakitu1.gif
instigator
9/14/2006, 08:57 AM
wtf is that?
That was my exact response!
BlondeSoonerGirl
9/14/2006, 09:11 AM
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/zebthethird/smilyspider.jpg
She's smiling.
That thing's AWESOME.
I'd feed it and watch it make teeny little grasshopper burritos. But I'm sick.
skycat
9/14/2006, 09:33 AM
If it's what I think it is, I think it's on the smallish side for grasshopper burritos.
It might give it a go though.
If it's what I think it is, I think it's on the smallish side for grasshopper burritos.
It might give it a go though.
I ate some chocolate-coated grasshoppers and assorted insect larvae this morning, tasted pretty good.
Yeah, she's tiny. About 4mm or so.
I think I'm going to buy a macro lens soon. That photo could have been so much better.
skycat
9/14/2006, 10:06 AM
I actually had one of those spiders in my backyard about two weeks ago. It was the first time I'd ever seen anything like it.
She left the day before my macro lens came in. :mad:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9333/smilyspiderni6.jpg
skycat
9/14/2006, 10:08 AM
And what kind of hillbilly uses SI units?
BlondeSoonerGirl
9/14/2006, 10:08 AM
Great.
Now it'll make teeny bourbon burritos.
handcrafted
9/14/2006, 10:34 AM
Speaking of unusual arthropods.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/wringho/IMG_0553.jpg
Hey cool! A Trilobyte! I thought those things were extinct or evolved away millions of years ago. Shows what I know. I guess I paid too much attention in school. ;)
handcrafted
9/14/2006, 10:36 AM
Maybe we can hook that up with these in my front yard:
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/279/279949/pages/734728/ResizeBabyowlsWEB.jpg
Baby owls? Neat. Unless, of course, they hoot all night and keep you awake. In that case, I would need to undertake drastic measures.
Pricetag
9/14/2006, 11:09 AM
Hey cool! A Trilobyte! I thought those things were extinct or evolved away millions of years ago. Shows what I know. I guess I paid too much attention in school. ;)
I thought it was a horseshoe crab.
Rollie Polies are descendents of the Trilobite, no?
Sooner_Bob
9/14/2006, 12:31 PM
PG's wrath is coming.
You ain't kiddin' . . . :(
Hey cool! A Trilobyte! I thought those things were extinct or evolved away millions of years ago. Shows what I know. I guess I paid too much attention in school. ;)
They're tadpole shrimp, or Triops, and they're the new Sea Monkeys. My brother found these in some puddles in the desert, because of all the rain they've had lately.
http://www.triops.cc/
BigRedJed
9/14/2006, 12:34 PM
You know, everybody's all "oh, that is cool..." and "what an amazing creature...", etc. Good for them. IMO, that thing needs a good killing.
skycat
9/14/2006, 01:11 PM
You ain't kiddin' . . . :(
It was worth it.:texan:
heh
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=2321739
Okla-homey
10/10/2006, 09:31 AM
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/zebthethird/smilyspider.jpg
She's smiling.
Looks rather like a crab, hence its latin name Gasteracantha cancriformis (I guess.)
You know, like the zodiac-y "Cancer the Crab."
Anyway, interesting to note that crabs and lobsters are merely the tasty "spiders of the sea.":D
Indeed they are. And many claim they taste much the same.
http://www.rhymer.net/New%20Folder/spiderboy/spiderplateclose.jpg
Paging Chuck Bao...
skycat
10/14/2006, 09:56 PM
I actually had one of those spiders in my backyard about two weeks ago. It was the first time I'd ever seen anything like it.
She left the day before my macro lens came in. :mad:
Uh-oh, they're back!!! And they've brought reinforcements!
http://www.machafamily.org/Albums/Bugs/slides/DSC_2850.jpg
http://www.machafamily.org/Albums/Bugs/slides/DSC_2832.jpg
http://www.machafamily.org/Albums/Bugs/slides/DSC_2913.jpg
GottaHavePride
10/14/2006, 09:59 PM
HAHAHA! PG just accidentally spekked skycat for that. She's off to spread it around until she can neg him for it.
skycat
10/14/2006, 10:00 PM
:D
That one in the first two photos looks a little like Geraldo.
Great photos, sky. I see that macro lens is working out well for you. (I gots ta get me one of them there lenses) That first photo is National Geographic quality.
Oh, and these spiders rule the cool in Spider Town.
proud gonzo
10/15/2006, 12:17 PM
:D
don't smile so fast--i negged you for it. :D
StoopTroup
10/15/2006, 12:21 PM
One of my buddies in Iraq is bringing me some camel spiders home.
I'll bring them to the next tailgate. ;)
http://noleftturns.ashbrook.org/images/camel_spider.jpg
skycat
10/15/2006, 09:40 PM
don't smile so fast--i negged you for it. :D
A positive and a negative is still a net positive.
:D
soonerbrat
10/15/2006, 09:46 PM
dude, i'd sell that thing on ebay for beaucoup bucks.
some insect nerd would pay top dollar for that.
spiders are not insects.
Frozen Sooner
10/15/2006, 09:48 PM
If that thing was in my front yard, I would never leave the house again.
It's creeping me out through the monitor.
critical_phil
10/15/2006, 09:58 PM
dear nutsey-poo,
i miss you.
c_p
soonerbrat
10/15/2006, 10:13 PM
dear nutsey-poo,
i miss you.
c_p
who me?
skycat
10/15/2006, 10:27 PM
That one in the first two photos looks a little like Geraldo.
Great photos, sky. I see that macro lens is working out well for you. (I gots ta get me one of them there lenses) That first photo is National Geographic quality.
Oh, and these spiders rule the cool in Spider Town.
Thanks for the compliment. These little buggers have been pretty tough to capture. Even a little breeze and their tiny webs start shaking back and forth, so focusing is a *****.
There's a really big spider I'm dying to take a picture of, but he's way up under the awning at the top of the second story. But if PG asks nicely, I may go get a ladder out. ;)
critical_phil
10/15/2006, 10:33 PM
who me?
no, gdc/nTSeePU.
you're bush lady.
soonerbrat
10/15/2006, 10:37 PM
i have no bush now...
I moved.
SeattleOUstudent
10/16/2006, 12:50 AM
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/zebthethird/smilyspider.jpg
She's smiling.
ugliest damn tick ive ever seen. EVAR!
Harry Beanbag
10/16/2006, 06:21 AM
i have no bush now....
Go on...
olevetonahill
10/16/2006, 08:31 AM
i have no bush now...
I mowed.
say what :eek:
Chuck Bao
10/16/2006, 08:48 AM
Indeed they are. And many claim they taste much the same.
http://www.rhymer.net/New%20Folder/spiderboy/spiderplateclose.jpg
Paging Chuck Bao...
Believe it or not, there are some things I don't eat. And, fried spider is one of them.
Wasn't it Thailand that Survivor had the eat the spider gross food challenge?
Anyway, I've never seen it in any market that I've been to in Thailand. And, I've been to many provincial markets.
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