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Don't say I didn't warn you!
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I was talking with some of the girls at work the other day about spiders and I told them about my spider wall. They tried to convince me that they were Brown Recluse/Violin Spiders and then told me about all the people they know who have been bitten by them. Now, I may be a California girl and slightly naive to the dangers of the Midwest, but don't they call them Brown Recluse for a reason?
Still, they did freak me out so I bought a long broom and tore down my spider wall. Not that it made a difference, the spiders are just pissed off and rebuilding. Just to make sure my limbs aren't in danger of rotting off, I went outside tonight to take a picture (with my zoom lens!) so I could identify my live mosquito repellent. My skin is crawling so much right now it's ridiculous! Not only did I have to take pictures, I then had to go through my bug book and look at all of the spider pictures to figure out what kind of spiders I have. Then I had to google the names of the 3 I narrowed them down to. 
My guess is the Hammock Spider. Take a look at these pictures and let me know what you think. The second one is the underside of the spider.
At least I know they're not the dreaded Violin Spiders! If you're looking at the pictures and thinking, "Wow, those look big," you're right, they are big! The bigger one is about the size of a quarter (counting the legs).
1 comment:
If the web was more organized I would guess an orb spider. You know the first chance I get I'm going to look it up in my insect book!
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