Darko

Wildlife on my office window

Thursday, 1. October 2009, 21:07:36

Does anyone recognize this one? It was small at the beginning but in less than 2 months it grew up to about 2cm - almost an inch.

Another interesting thing: I tried to touch it with a straw and it didn`t react. It doesn`t matter what I tried, it remained as dead. But when I touched one of its legs with my finger it started to move, swinging on the net. Treid it several times with same result. When photographing, two time (once with a flash) it didn`t react but third time it ran away

What is that?Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

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K C N Martínez # 1. October 2009, 22:02

You are a brave man!

dirk # 1. October 2009, 22:04

that's a cute one ... I like them ...

seems it lives at your office like most of colleagues ... thinking who moves first will be lost

... really nice photo

Linda # 1. October 2009, 22:10

That is good one Dare. Have no idea of

species. Might get one of the wildlife blog people to try to identify it. Like Andy Wilson

Darko # 1. October 2009, 22:16

MizzM, thank you. Maybe I was stupid, better to say

Dirk, thank you; my coleague looked at me like I was insane touching it

Linda, I hope if Words and/or Adele would come here, they might know more. I will wait

dirk # 1. October 2009, 22:22

Originally posted by gdare:

my coleague looked at me like I was

it's really a cute one

... I always have been interested in arachnids ... they are really completely different from every other species and interesting beauties, very fascinating

Angeliki # 1. October 2009, 22:27

it looks very much like the spiders my dad has in the bee farm
They have the amber colors and they eat the dead bees. To my knowledge they are poisonous but this one might not be

stellar picture if I may add!

Angeliki # 1. October 2009, 22:32

PS see at the end of this page :

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.efabre.net/files/fabre/spider-captured-bee.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.efabre.net/chapter-vi-instinct-and-discernment&h=333&w=280&sz=26&tbnid=LhkpyJYfE32DsM:&tbnh=119&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbee%2Bspider&usg=__JRipck4WahQ17bH0y2foDoUJUeY=&ei=Iy3FSqWSMsvHlAeHz6mSAw&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=8&ct=image&ved=0CB0Q9QEwBw

Dacotah # 1. October 2009, 23:00

Chthoniid might know.

Chthoniid # 1. October 2009, 23:43

Orbweb of some kind- but not from my part of the world (sorry, possbily 50,000 spider species and I can't identify them all!). She sleeps during the day which is why she is oblivious to minor harrassment.

PainterWoman # 1. October 2009, 23:59

Is this inside or outside your window?!!!

I'm sure it's a good photo but I will NOT look at it again. I get the creepy crawlers up and down my legs when I see spiders...even pictures of them. I do NOT like spiders at all.

In my old house, we used to get alot of Black Widows. Those are poisonous.

San # 2. October 2009, 02:21

You're evil.

Stardancer # 2. October 2009, 03:57

The only spider I really "like" is a tarantula. I can tolerate any other, as long as I know it's there. If it sneaks up on me, all's fair in love and war.

Linda # 2. October 2009, 04:11

I like spiders. Most gardeners and plant people do. Spiders kill more bad plant bugs than just about anything. Gardener's friend

Darko # 2. October 2009, 05:05

Dirk, I was afraid of them when I was a kid, but then I borrowed a book from library, Spiders - eight legged hunters and I learnt about them. Not that I would feel comfortable with it crawling on me, but I am not afraid of them anymore

Angeliki, thank you for the link and explanation. We don`t have bees in vicinity, maybe some wasps, but its web looks too tiny to hold anything bigger than a fly

Carol, thanks

Chthoniid, thank you and welcome to my blog

I`ve checked orbweb in Google and looked at photographs, you could be right. Btw, how do you know it is "she"?

Pam, the spider is outside the window, of course. It would probably starve to death in our office

San, but I gave my bestnot to hurt it, just touched few times. I even stopped my coleague when he wanted to kill it

Star, I like tarantulas too, we had them in our zoo. I will have to go again and check if they still have them. Luckily, we don`t have them out in the open

Linda, I think they are in higher level among insects, and I respect them

Never kill them unless I am forced to

Linda # 2. October 2009, 05:12

We have tarantulas here in Texas. Used to entice them out of their holes in the ground when I lived in Sanger, Tex., which is near Ft. Worth "where the West begins." Some were as big as the palm of my hand

Stardancer # 2. October 2009, 05:14

My German Shepherd got one on the tip of his tail one time. Drove him crazy. He ran around like a chicken with its head cut off, and finally ran into the house. My son had to sit on him to get him still enough to get the thing off him. The dog was crying and growling at the same time.

It was hilarious.

San # 2. October 2009, 05:18

No, It's not that, I have a long history with spiders.

http://my.opera.com/sanshan/blog/show.dml/397820

http://my.opera.com/sanshan/blog/show.dml/282625

I seem to remember a few Opera members tormenting me with spider pictures. I believe JCL_75...but he doesn't seem to be available right now. All I remember is that I couldn't bear to go back and look at his blog for awhile.

Linda # 2. October 2009, 05:21

It suddenly occurred to me yesterday, because of something a friend said, that I have not seen user cackleberrylane around in months. Wonder what happened to her. Remember her? She used to be at all thenature blogs to comment.

San # 2. October 2009, 05:23

That's interesting , I was just thinking about Lois myself.

Dacotah # 2. October 2009, 05:25

You are welcome Darko.

Darko # 2. October 2009, 05:29

Linda, one of my friends from Hungaria had them in his house as pets. A lot of snakes too. He had a special room for their terariums so they could not escape. But he needed to take python to bathroom for showering, though

Star, if your dohg was that scared then I understand the reputation they have in Arizona

San, sorry, I didn`t know that, then I would send you a warning

..... maybe not

You don`t have to be afraid of that one

Darko # 2. October 2009, 05:30

Hmmm, you are right, she was not around lately. I will check on her blog later.

Carol

Stardancer # 2. October 2009, 05:39

I think Lois was going to Europe for a while or something, but I may be mistaken.

Linda # 2. October 2009, 05:40

I have handled several Boa Constrictors that belonged to friends of mine. One of them used to get out on a regular basis. The owner and I went to a party one night and I wore his red Boa around my neck. Boy, did we get attention!

San # 2. October 2009, 05:42

Spiders have eight legs. I can just hear their little feet 'chhk chk chking" across the floor...or ceiling. Of course I must be afraid!

PainterWoman # 2. October 2009, 05:48

I am petrified of them. Everytime I come here to read the comments, I have to put my hand over my eyes so I don't see the picture. It's something about those legs. I think I'll go look at some beach photos before I go to bed.

Linda # 2. October 2009, 05:53

Spiders are OK-----now ticks are a whole other pot of stew!

San # 2. October 2009, 05:56

I agree with Painterwoman, it's the legs!

Chthoniid # 2. October 2009, 08:10

It's the things without legs I'm not too fond of. When you have to dig parasitic fly maggots out of your flesh (in tropical jungles), your affection for these critters ebbs.

Fwiw, male spiders have quite elaborate pedipalps, and in orbwebs, relatively smaller abdomens.

Spiders are quite handy really. Extremely few of them are dangerous. There's been the odd time when I've slept in places where you have to shake the cockroaches out of the bedding first. A good population of spiders and lizards means there's a good chance the cockroaches will get eaten before they make it back to the bed.

nasim # 2. October 2009, 08:11

What is this ??? I hate Darko , I can't stand on watching photo

Kimmie # 2. October 2009, 08:16

Oh dear Lord. A warning next time, please, Darkie. I almost lost my tea

. It is a very odd looking spider from what I see though! I can't believe you poked it

David Scott Aubrey # 2. October 2009, 08:39

So how does it look now folded between the pages of a book?

Adele # 2. October 2009, 08:40

What's all this terror over a cute leettle spider??

They're our best friends: the world would hardly be habitable without them!

Neil is probably your best bet here. Maybe it's a garden spider that got lost

I did wonder about a missing sector spider Zygiella x-notata (is an orb, likes windows and is active all year round) but the markings and abdomen shape don't look right. I've got a lot to learn about spider ID, to be honest.

Yeah, I've been wondering about Lois too.

dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsı # 2. October 2009, 08:41

Very pretty spider!

nasim # 2. October 2009, 08:55

I can't understand how people make a relation with this creature

Adele # 2. October 2009, 09:05

Most spiders are completely harmless to people, unlike the flies and bugs they catch. I'd rather a spider than bluebottle fly in the house any day!

Kimmie # 2. October 2009, 09:08

Nothing should have 8 legs

. No, I know just how helpful spiders are. I hate all bugs, however, and rid them all.

Adele # 2. October 2009, 09:15

When one tugs at one thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world

- John Muir

Kimmie # 2. October 2009, 10:28

Hey, they don't belong in my house. Nature can stay outside where it belongs. I don't bother them in their homes

Darko # 2. October 2009, 11:37

Linda, I bet you looked like Zhora from Blade Runner

San

Nasim

Kimmie

Pam

Ok, I promise if I am ever going to make post with spider's photos again, I will put some kind of warning

It seems that all of the people are divided into two groups: the ones that find spiders interesting and the others that think they are gross.
I like them as long as they don't crawl over me but even when it happened I maneged to move them away without killing them.
Adele, thanks, I will go to Neil's blog and ask him if he can identify it.

Darko # 2. October 2009, 11:39

David

I almost missed your comment. I will never kill it with book

Darko # 2. October 2009, 11:45

Chthoniid, I abhore (?) cockroaches, not to the point that I would scream or jump on a chair, but there is a feeling of filth I have when I see them

Suntana # 2. October 2009, 14:41

You touched one of its legs with your finger? You trying to turn it on?

It's a spider ... NOT a woman.

What if it bit you and paralyzed you. Then it would suddenly morph into a HUGE creature and pounce on your face like the Alien in the movie Alien!

r♡se # 2. October 2009, 15:41

My god, that thing looks like it's going to eat you for breakfast!

Originally posted by Spaggyj:

I don't bother them in their homes

Kimmie # 2. October 2009, 15:46

I don't! I wouldn't creep around the bushes they live in to stand on all their twigs and webs and other possessions, and I don't position myself right in front of their faces when they're sleeping

I do them a courtesy, they can do me one

r♡se # 2. October 2009, 15:48

I couldn't agree more!

Kimmie # 2. October 2009, 15:50

stupid arachnids, they've no sense of personal space.