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Old 07-08-2010, 04:23 PM
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Mama and baby by our backdoor. Ok, make a C with your hand....mama's legs are outside that C. If you don't hear from us in a while...come looking"


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I cannot figure out how to post the photo I just took of the beautiful but frightening spider and baby that we to go with the last entry. Any one know how to do that on here? Thanks
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Mama and baby by our backdoor. Ok, make a C with your hand....mama's legs are outside that C. If you don't hear from us in a while...come looking"
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I cannot figure out how to post the photo I just took of the beautiful but frightening spider and baby that went with the last entry. Any one know how to do that on here? Thanks
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Mama and baby by our backdoor. Ok, make a C with your hand....mama's legs are outside that C. If you don't hear from us in a while...come looking"
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Old 07-08-2010, 04:48 PM
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I cannot figure out how to post the photo I just took of the beautiful but frightening spider and baby that went with the last entry. Any one know how to do that on here? Thanks
E-mail the picture to me and I'll be glad to post it for you. I just sent you a Private Message.

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Old 07-08-2010, 05:13 PM
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I think that might be a guy suitor, rather than a baby.
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Old 07-08-2010, 05:37 PM
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I saw the picture and thought it was the size of a softball

This looks like it here...

http://search.findtarget.com/img.php...+garden+spider

From the article:
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- female can capture prey up to 2 times her own size
If I was the male (and half her size) I would sleep with one eye open
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Wow. That is an amazing photo. Pooh you are a good girl. jdsl1998, thanks for sharing. That little spider is identical, even on the legs, in color to the big one.
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What a beautiful spider! And it eats grasshoppers (guess who has a phobia about jumping insects?). This is my kinda gal!
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Oh RED....beautiful is not a modifier for spider any more than it is for snake.

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We had the same species spider outside a window a couple of years ago. I too thought her beautiful and snapped photos.

I named our spider Ugabee. The reason: GA football.

See, UGA's colors (the Uga part of her name) are black and white. GA Tech's mascot is the yellow and black Yellow Jacket, hence the "bees" portion of our spider's name.

Here are photos of Ugabee:

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Oh RED....beautiful is not a modifier for spider any more than it is for snake.

Gracie the sissy.
GG, I do know what you mean. But...

See her anew through lens serene
Sitting, non-threateningly, on your screen
Not a creature of foreboding
But a spinner, red and golden
Look again and try to see
Beyond your fears-- her majesty!

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This spiders body is a good two inches without the legs. I too have a phobia with the grasshopper. One jumped down my shirt while I was at bat in second grade....never forgot (or forgiven) that one! SO, I guess we'll keep her!
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GG, I do know what you mean. But...

See her anew through lens serene
Sitting, non-threateningly, on your screen
Not a creature of foreboding
But a spinner, red and golden
Look again and try to see
Beyond your fears-- her majesty!

Poetic Pturner
You impress the puddin' outta me, P. Your mom sure didn't have any dumb kids. AND your poem ALMOST made me change my mind about spiders.

Gracie AKA Miss Muffett

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Silly me.....I was expecting a kitty!

Thought I would read one last thread and it turned out to be a "horror" show!

This thread should have come with a R-rating!!! lol

Darn, now I gotta sleep with a can of Raid next to my bed!

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