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The dreaded dog spider!

http://0.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/69/29/cc3136556df84c1bcb923b4c6cd6650e.gif

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I guess this is as good a place as any to make my first post on these fora.

Female European garden spider (Araneus diadematus).

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3857/15204617848_dfb8bc1b6e_b.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5563/15118484955_f52bee26e7_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3902/14476388403_efafab9bf6_c.jpg

Male garden spider.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3758/10461807976_75b55fbac9_c.jpg

Cellar spider (Pholcus Phalangioides).

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3738/10355374843_158b209924_c.jpg

Sincere thanks to the very righteous FBM for...well, everything.
( Sorry to make you look at all these again, dude. Wink

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Edit - Oh, go on then. One more:-

House spider (Tegenaria Domestica).

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5452/8920312722_86ec10345d_c.jpg

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@Slugfoot,

They are excellent photographs - a wonderful first post!

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@vonny,

I wholeheartedly agree! Fantastic work! Very Happy

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Thanks folks.

Smile

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@Slugfoot,

I'm thrilled you found our humble digital spider-centric abode. Very Happy

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At a friend's house last year:

http://i1330.photobucket.com/albums/w561/hapkido1996/DSC_3740_zps91bbba57.jpg

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@FBM,

Cool shot.

What the hell do spiderlings eat when they're small and in a 'nursery' like that, I wonder? Does the parent feed them, or something? Confused

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@Slugfoot,

That's a good question. I don't think the parents feed them. I think they're born ready to hunt. Maybe our resident arachnologist (?) will know...

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@FBM,

http://theawkwardyeti.com/comic/dream/

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@tsarstepan,

Yuck.

From last summer:

http://i1330.photobucket.com/albums/w561/hapkido1996/DSC_2869_zps116889d7.jpg

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A male cardinal jumping spider from West Texas

http://bugsinthenews.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cardinal-Jumper-male-BT-103110.jpg

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@edgarblythe,

That's a beauty.

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@FBM,

Indeed. Very vivid.

I can't look at your previous image without thinking "cookie monster". Smile

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@Slugfoot,

That hadn't crossed my mind.

May as well post another while I'm here. This one jumped on my jeans. I can only guess what it was trying to tell me:

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb192/DinahFyre/DSC_4960.jpg

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb192/DinahFyre/DSC_4955.jpg

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Ordinary jumping spiders are my favorite of all. I know they can't have personalities, but it seems they do, to me.

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Looks like it's on the warpath.

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Zebra spider (Salticus Scenicus).

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3916/14269604087_a9e5ef5c09_c.jpg

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@Slugfoot,

Another lovely beastie...

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@edgarblythe,

I'm crazy about them too, Edgar.
I think all naturalists and entomologists are endeared by jumping spiders. With their large eyes they bend up their cephalothoraxes and look right into your eyes. Jumping spiders show a lot of anthropomorphism with these large eyes. A friend of mine says that because they are hunting predators they are curious about anything, people included.
They also make silken retreats on plant stems. Should you touch one, they drop out and make their escape.

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