Seuly Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 . Black and Yellow Argiope: Pronunciation: Ar-GUY-oh-pee There seem to be many more of these around this year than I have noticed before. The large black and yellow spiders in the webs are females. Female body length is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMJ77 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 steeler fan is all I see 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slk59 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 If I saw something like that it would end up being a lot flatter.... hate spiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I always called them garden spiders because that is where I see them. They make beautiful webs usually among the tomato plants. I always work around them and the webs are usually gone the next day. It never occurred to me that they ate them! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFirstNan Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I actually saw one of these years ago when we were blackberry picking. Nice to know the name of what we saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabu5212 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 steeler fan is all I see 8) all the more reason to squish it....j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 My daughter had one in her garden just last week and sent me a pic of it. I had never seen one before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Very interesting reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_web "However, constructing the web is in itself an energetically costly process because of the large amount of protein required, in the form of silk. In addition, after a time the silk will lose its stickiness and thus become inefficient at capturing prey. It is common for spiders to eat their own web daily to recoup some of the energy used in spinning. The silk proteins are thus recycled." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old3dogg Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I had one of those living in the plant I use to work at. They can get huge. I fed mine stray kitties and baby mice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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