View Full Version : spikey spider id please
lynne duncan
12-Sep-09, 10:49
don' usually freak out over spiders, was wandering through the garden collecting seeds, and spotted a huge web, with the biggest spider i've seen in a while but what was even more impressive was the pincers and the spikey legs
some id please
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/wickscorrie/nature/SDC12214.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/wickscorrie/nature/SDC12215.jpg
lynne duncan
12-Sep-09, 10:52
ok answered my own question - garden spider or cross spider for the white cross on its back- but still freaky big!
tonkatojo
12-Sep-09, 10:58
ok answered my own question - garden spider or cross spider for the white cross on its back- but still freaky big!
That's surely a one for the size 9. ;)
That looks kind of like the one that's been outside our house lately. To the kids (and my) utter horror the thing appears to have gone walk-about and we're all terrified he's moved into the house...
hi your spot on naming the spider,,common garden spider,,
looks nasty as hell but totally harmless to humans,,
nice photos,cheers duke:)
lynne duncan
12-Sep-09, 23:36
never seen one with such prickly legs!
Big beasties. I was up on a ladder a few years ago trimming honeysuckle when to my horror one climbed down my fringe :eek: ewwwwwwww
It's a Garden orb-web spider - Araneus diadematus.
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