FROM THE WEB: This is a very large and intimidating looking spider, but in reality, it's a great bug catcher, and rarely leaves its web.
The female's body can be nearly 1 1/2" long not counting the legs. The male, who is rarely seen, is much smaller, between 1/4" and 3/8". He is not as brightly colored, and only has one purpose in life.
The female spins the large web with the distinctive zig-zag down the middle, and is the one people see in their gardens.
While this spider is seen all across the US and southern Canada, it isn't common in the Rocky Mountains and the Canadian Great Basin area.
Because of it's large web, that it maintains by eating it each evening and spinning a new one before dawn, people have come to enjoy them in their out of the way garden areas and co-exist with them easily.
If it was "in your garden" maybe you could leave it there, but if it's on your porch I think it needs to be exterminated. Ughhh! I get the shivers just thinking about it. That thing is huge. Get some bug spray and spray that sucker down. Or, if you want to be "humane" about it, catch it in a pot and let it go in the woods somewhere.
Yikes
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Um, Wow! Trying to imagine that at Charlotte, but having a really hard time.
Is that real or is it a Halloween decoration?!
As for real as it can be. I keep staring at it wondering what to do.
FROM THE WEB:
This is a very large and intimidating looking spider, but in reality, it's a great bug catcher, and rarely leaves its web.
The female's body can be nearly 1 1/2" long not counting the legs. The male, who is rarely seen, is much smaller, between 1/4" and 3/8". He is not as brightly colored, and only has one purpose in life.
The female spins the large web with the distinctive zig-zag down the middle, and is the one people see in their gardens.
While this spider is seen all across the US and southern Canada, it isn't common in the Rocky Mountains and the Canadian Great Basin area.
Because of it's large web, that it maintains by eating it each evening and spinning a new one before dawn, people have come to enjoy them in their out of the way garden areas and co-exist with them easily.
That is very disturbing! How and why did you get close enough to get that picture? I sincerely hope it was taken through a window!
Have the kids seen it? Did they flip out??
You should transfer it to the front porch and consider it your Halloween decoration...
The next time I find a big TX tree roach, I'll send it to you for posting :-)
Lori, you come right on over and transfer that to my front porch. I'd love to see it.
no can do...
If it was "in your garden" maybe you could leave it there, but if it's on your porch I think it needs to be exterminated. Ughhh! I get the shivers just thinking about it. That thing is huge. Get some bug spray and spray that sucker down. Or, if you want to be "humane" about it, catch it in a pot and let it go in the woods somewhere.
My vote is for the bug spray.
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