tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post5203666912540648590..comments2024-03-29T04:11:05.026-07:00Comments on Consider The Source: I Has An Orb Weavermikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-79477963583373162192011-08-29T10:39:22.710-07:002011-08-29T10:39:22.710-07:00In the couple days since I took the pictures and g...<i>In the couple days since I took the pictures and got around to posting them, he has left.</i><br /><br />And is now hiding under your bed... waiting... and humming sadistic little spider tunes.<br /><br />I can't believe I looked when ZRM warned me. I'm obviously a masochist.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231744174759800033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-40513636273535395162011-08-27T01:39:33.059-07:002011-08-27T01:39:33.059-07:00"Europe" here is a term of art that incl..."Europe" here is a term of art that includes "parts of North America, in a range extending from New England and the Southeast to California and the northwestern United States and adjacent parts of southern Canada."<br /><br />"Garden" may be equally broad.<br /><br />Apparently some <i>Araneus</i> species can change their colour (over a period of days) to match whatever they are trying to hide on. The little feckers COULD BE ANYWHERE. That wart? COULD BE A SPIDER.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-281864509027214262011-08-27T00:22:37.886-07:002011-08-27T00:22:37.886-07:00I will, of course, be willing to forgo reporting t...I will, of course, be willing to forgo reporting this trespass to COBA or Z.O.M.B.I.E. if the parties involved send me a minimum of twelve bottles of potent brew forthwith.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-34635522084615042892011-08-27T00:21:01.335-07:002011-08-27T00:21:01.335-07:00I question Smut's analysis. How can that be a...I question Smut's analysis. How can that be a European Garden Spider, when mikey is in California, and OBVIOUSLY there is no garden?<br /><br />SHENANIGANS, I say.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-22304615910885692012011-08-27T00:16:46.561-07:002011-08-27T00:16:46.561-07:00Good Spider Talk.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVHUyDxmi_Q" rel="nofollow">Good Spider Talk.</a>zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-63880286414034967622011-08-26T22:04:31.398-07:002011-08-26T22:04:31.398-07:00What the hell, is he some kind of Kiwi or somethin...<i>What the hell, is he some kind of Kiwi or something?</i><br />Nope, kiwis is bigger. I seen one inna zoo. Unless it was a fecking big spider in which case keep the Smith and Wesson handyHamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-90326837879419192402011-08-26T15:10:59.796-07:002011-08-26T15:10:59.796-07:00Also teh male Araneus has shorter, club-like pedip...Also teh male Araneus has shorter, club-like pedipalps whereas the one in mikey's photograph has long skinny girly pedipalps.<br /><br />The reason for the specialised male pedipalps is that the terminal segments "are elaborated into organs for the transfer of sperm to the sperm receptacles of the female".<br /><br />SO a realistic suit for teh spider-dressup sexytime requires special gloves.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-27751956379856867782011-08-26T15:03:43.950-07:002011-08-26T15:03:43.950-07:00HASSLE HASSLE HASSLE.
Spider underside shows the &...HASSLE HASSLE HASSLE.<br />Spider underside shows the 'scape', which is the tongue-like extension of the epigynus found in Araneus spp., so it is a lady spider. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.eurospiders.com/araneus_diadematus_under_7419.jpg" rel="nofollow">Spider tummy</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.eurospiders.com/araneus_diadematus_epigyne_7419.jpg" rel="nofollow">Close-up of lady spider junk</a>.<br /><br />All spiders are over 18 and consented to be photographed.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-16246946715676926662011-08-26T14:55:59.241-07:002011-08-26T14:55:59.241-07:00"Not when I can get nice fat spiders!""<a href="http://striderdemme.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/renfield.jpg" rel="nofollow">Not when I can get nice fat spiders!"</a>Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-24250675720319757752011-08-26T14:52:25.658-07:002011-08-26T14:52:25.658-07:00Ahh, but he has nothing to say on the matter of ge...Ahh, but he has nothing to say on the matter of gender. Perhaps his weakness is an alarming lack of expertise in the realm of spider junk...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-79687259840085254902011-08-26T14:37:25.042-07:002011-08-26T14:37:25.042-07:00Smut's comment is disturbingly informative.Smut's comment is disturbingly informative.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-26290439297901356382011-08-26T14:21:18.269-07:002011-08-26T14:21:18.269-07:00Araneus diadematus.<i>Araneus diadematus</i>.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-63904034579830095242011-08-26T11:57:21.629-07:002011-08-26T11:57:21.629-07:00(s)he probably didn't want to compete with you...(s)he probably didn't want to compete with your Advisor...zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-30658522546357611862011-08-26T11:41:54.601-07:002011-08-26T11:41:54.601-07:00Cool pic, mikey!
In fact, that spider might well ...Cool pic, mikey!<br /><br />In fact, that spider might well be female, as in many cases (take your Black Widow, for instance) the female spider is the buffer of the sexes.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com