yes, this spider is as big as it looks...but that's just the female - the males are very tiny. I saw this one while looking out the bathroom window...they're quite frightening! but not very dangerous. I know only a couple of things about this spider, and none of my observations are scientific...They show up in the late summer or fall - their webs look like they are on LSD -psychotic in structure...and very very big. They will build webs from one tree to another so LOOK OUT if you're walking in the woods. You can't see the web very well, but all of a sudden, there's a giant spider right about face-level - yikes! Once, my mother was in the woods on a riding mower and ran smack into one - she leapt off the mower and the mower kept going - that was 'back in the day' when mowers would run with nobody sitting on them - they don't do that anymore.
I read somewhere that people use them as hurricane predictors - a week before a storm they'll pack up and leave (!) Don't know about that. But I still believe that once the pecan trees leaf out, there won't be another frost!
O.M.G. I hate spiders and since moving to Louisiana I have never seen more in my life!
ReplyDeleteWhen I used to live in FLorida, we called them 'mosquito netters' because they kept such intricate and large webs, the mosquitos couldn't get through! Now I am living in Colombia, SA, and we have a similar type here. I speak to them and tell them if they stay outside, I will leave their web alone. These spiders listen, but the nasty little black jumping spiders are like felons, and keep coming back!
ReplyDelete'felons' very funny! and I think talking to them can be a good idea
ReplyDeleteI don't really have to interact with mine, so we're good. It's amazing how many people just love spiders!
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