If you catch one drop them off in your garden, he'll munch up the local micro-herbivores and also not build webs for you to walk into unexpectedly (orb weavers x.x).
When we'd ride ATVs in the forest the lead person had to bungee a branch to their grill to catch all of the orb weaver webs that had formed over the trails overnight. There would be 30-50 of them per mile, the branch just looks like cotton candy and arachnophobia after an hour or so.
There's a spring nearby so the local treefrogs and anoles eat everything smaller than a mouse. The only spiders that survive are aforementioned orb weavers and I think they spend more time trying to catch me, as I'm taking out the garbage and barely awake, than eating insects.
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thenextguy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 115d
Phidippus Audax - the bold jumper, probably.
buttmasterflex@piefed.social · 4 pts · 115d
An image search of Phidippus audax looks pretty darn close to what I saw. Thanks!
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 115d
Juvenile Phidippus audax maybe?
In the US?
buttmasterflex@piefed.social · 4 pts · 115d
Yes, Midwest US. I have no knowledge of spider species, but a quick image search shows pretty similar spiders to what I saw. Thanks!
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 115d
That'd be the right area (all of the US really).
If you catch one drop them off in your garden, he'll munch up the local micro-herbivores and also not build webs for you to walk into unexpectedly (orb weavers x.x).
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 115d
Fucking orb weavers - bastards always put up massive webs overnight right where you're going to walk in the dark... Hahaha
Ran into so many as a kid.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 115d
When we'd ride ATVs in the forest the lead person had to bungee a branch to their grill to catch all of the orb weaver webs that had formed over the trails overnight. There would be 30-50 of them per mile, the branch just looks like cotton candy and arachnophobia after an hour or so.
Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app · 2 pts · 115d
Every one of these I find inside gets relocated to the garden... unless its winter, then they get a tour of the potted plants.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 115d
There's a spring nearby so the local treefrogs and anoles eat everything smaller than a mouse. The only spiders that survive are aforementioned orb weavers and I think they spend more time trying to catch me, as I'm taking out the garbage and barely awake, than eating insects.
Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app · 3 pts · 115d
Nothing worse than walking out in the middle of the night with the dog and getting a face full of orb Weaver web...
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 115d
I broom handle that I keep near my trash bins specifically for trailblazing down the driveway.
buttmasterflex@piefed.social · 2 pts · 115d
Good to know! I wouldn't want to displace it from its fine industrial manufacturing home, but maybe if I see one in the yard I'll rehome it
GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 115d
Gorgeous
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 115d
Someone once said they are built like a Porsche and I haven't been able to unsee it since.