| Author |
A Farm of My Own:  Not your average Charlotte...  |
|
Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
|
|
Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 11:33:22 AM
|
My favorite one, Bev. That's what I know as the Golden Garden Spider. They are so beautiful! I remember an old wives tale that said that if you found your initial in the zig zag sewing like stitch in the middle of the web, you would die soon - scary! :(
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
 |
|
|
Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
2436 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 12:05:15 PM
|
Hmm.. that's a HUGE spider huh?
Didn't we used to call those Banana Spider's when we were kids..
Probably because of the color..
or was that a different Spider?
In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself.. |
|
|
|
mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 12:15:49 PM
|
| Kathie - if I saw something like that in my garden I'd wet my pants! |
|
|
|
Luzy
True Blue Farmgirl
922 Posts
Luanne
Pueblo
Colorado
USA
922 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 12:30:03 PM
|
I'm sooo glad you posted that!! I found one in the house last night and had no idea what it was!! I scooped it up and tossed it outside! However , mine had a solid tan color body. Creeps me out! All at once we are overcome with spiders. I wonder if this means we'll have an early Fall or something?
--
May I always be the kind of person my dog thinks I am.
http://luzy.etsy.com- My etsy store! |
|
|
|
KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 12:33:34 PM
|
Ooh! She's pretty, isn't she! We have a lot of those! I hate to do it (ok, that's a fib) but sometimes I throw bugs that I don't like into their web--it's the most amazing thing you've ever seen, these spiders descending upon the helpless buggie, wrapping with speed and precision.
Janice, I've never heard that old wives tail! Spooky! I have to say, though, it seems that they are the only spider I've noticed in my yard that does do that "lace up zig zag".
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. |
|
|
|
janetinva123
True Blue Farmgirl
363 Posts
Janet
newport news
va
USA
363 Posts |
|
|
Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 2:16:30 PM
|
Wow Bev! I have seen them before and they are big! What a beautiful picture you took! What a web! Last week while in bed I felt something coming down my forehead  ! I swiped it off my face and turned the light on! There was a HUGE spider with red legs and a big fat bottom! I just about died  ! Still trying to recover!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
est. 1971 |
|
|
|
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 2:34:49 PM
|
Ugh! I hope my sister doesn't read this thread! She hates spiders!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
http://home.test-afl.tulix.com/aleeandnora/ |
|
|
|
Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 2:36:50 PM
|
Janice.....you were right on. After I saw your posting I looked it up.....thanks so much, I would not have know where to start!
She sure is a beauty.....if only she ate Japanese Beetles.....I think our farm is the world's largest mating zone for those nasty beetles. They are constantly doing "it" on my green beans....YUCK!!!!!!
Keep Smiling.....Bev
Check out my shoppe at www.honeybeez.etsy.com
www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com , www.beehavenmaven.blogspot.com |
|
|
|
Brew Crew
True Blue Farmgirl
676 Posts
Molly
Arizona
676 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 2:37:44 PM
|
That's an amazing spider, and a beautiful picture! The insects here in Arizona are pretty dull-looking, not too many bright colors (nothing bright to blend with, I suppose, just browns!).
I wonder if we could all try to capture a picture of the strangest/ scarriest thing we have come across and post it. I would be interested to see what other spiders and creepies are on everyone else's farm!
"There is a Happy Dale far, far away. . ." -Arsenic and Old Lace |
|
|
|
ColdAntler
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Jenna
Sandgate
VT
USA
89 Posts |
|
|
Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
1122 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 3:49:39 PM
|
Thank you for posting this -I was wondering what these were. I have one that built a web next to the new goat pen (in a tree, of course) and found another one like this in the front pasture by the gate. They are really big - as long as my hand (from leg to leg) and very bright yellow. They are also NOT afraid of people. She just moved over while I put up the fencing by her web, then moved back when I was done. Meawhile she kept sucking on the bug popsicle she was wrapping... (Ugh!)
I don't know if they eat Japanese beetles, but they do like wasps!
My Homesteading Journal http://toomyvara.livejournal.com
My craft journal http://bluewrenn.livejournal.com
|
Edited by - Bluewrenn on Aug 08 2007 3:50:59 PM |
|
|
|
Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 3:51:13 PM
|
Oh, she's beautiful!! We had one take up residenc in our house when we were rebuilding after our fire. She lived in the corner of the living room for weeks. Kindof creeped out the workers, but they were under penalty of death if they touched her. One day, we watched her move back outside to the garden. I think she was bringing us good luck. :)
Karin
Wherever you go, there you are.
Come visit me at:
www.madrekarin.etsy.com
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com |
|
|
|
vintagegrl
True Blue Farmgirl
280 Posts
Jeanette
NH
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 4:41:10 PM
|
| I had a friend from North Carolina who swore on a stack of bibles that there's a bug there called a "spriket". I may have the spelling wrong. She claims it's a cross between a spider and a criket. Ladies, was she pulling my leg or what? I still have nightmares about a gigantic spriket coming to get me! |
|
|
|
Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 9:28:36 PM
|
She is just beautiful!! My husband is for some reason terrified of spiders..I find them so interesting!! That one is a beauty..havn't seen one that pretty around here ever!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
|
|
|
The Handmaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
Kim
Shreveport
Louisiana
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 05:46:10 AM
|
Beverly - with this much attention surely this beauty deserves a name too! What will it be?
Molly - the thought of a creepy crawly thread just made me laugh. should would be interesting - like a science lab! I'd have to just peek first tho' to make sure they weren't too scary looking.
"Faith shall finish all that Hope begins."
joan walsh anglund |
|
|
|
Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
2436 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 08:58:47 AM
|
I LOVE spiders.. i just don't want to be surprised.. !
& & Jenny .. My Husband is scared beyond resonable belief of spiders too.. I'm talking.. embarressing.. Remember On home alone whe the Spider lands on the guys face? That Screeming like a woman that he did? THAT would be my Husband..
& The REALLY bad thing is.. I would LOVE to have a few Tarantula's.. even raise them.. I thought the man was going to pass out by my even mentioning it!!
This beauty though.. i think they mostly live outside though.. don't they?
& as far as a 'Spriket' ya know... There is this nastly bug that I've seen in my yard.. Not so scare you any worse then you already are pumpkin.. But it DOES behave this way.. I'll see if i can get a picture of it.. & see if the hellion kids next door know the name of it.. (That should keep them busy & out of my hair for a couple days..!)
But YES.. Looks Spidery.. & Also Crickety too!!
Huh oh.. Cross breeding in the Arachnids!!!
In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself.. |
|
|
|
junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
1306 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 09:10:31 AM
|
I'm learning quite a few things on this forum!  I googled this spider and although it is very beautiful, I wouldn't want to have one crawling on me, or run into it's web. I wouldn't kill it though...in fact, I get a lot of spiders in my home (mostly small ones). Occasionally, I'll get Wolf spiders, which to me are big, but I leave them alone...or I'll get a glass, capture it, and put it back outside. Spiders are pretty cool! I'm also learning about horses (fuglyhorse blog on other thread) and bot flies (ugggggh!! another thread about little Dachshund, Lucy). There's all kinds of funky stuff on farms! You can't be too squeamish living on one.
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
|
|
|
ColdAntler
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Jenna
Sandgate
VT
USA
89 Posts |
|
|
garliclady
True Blue Farmgirl
274 Posts
Reidsville
NC
274 Posts |
|
|
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 3:35:45 PM
|
We used to have a huge Wolf Spider that lived in our cabin. He was amazing and I loved to go see what he had caught. I swear he was big enough to hunt mice!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
http://home.test-afl.tulix.com/aleeandnora/ |
|
|
|
Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 3:55:37 PM
|
Okay, now I am officially grossed out!!!!!!I don't mind tiny ones and shoo them outside but big ones, they can stay outside thank you and do their jobs. Maybe that is because one I was a kid had a couple, what we called cedar spiders plop on me, they are big and ugly and creepy lookin and as a kid, no way.
Although I did play with garter snakes and frogs. Go figure!!!!!!
Enjoying life. |
|
|
|
Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
|
|
Brew Crew
True Blue Farmgirl
676 Posts
Molly
Arizona
676 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 6:16:10 PM
|
I started a thread in the "Barnyard Buddies" for our creepies. . . .Love to see some more pics!
"There is a Happy Dale far, far away. . ." -Arsenic and Old Lace |
|
|
|
smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 8:44:17 PM
|
| oh..yes when i was a kid we called them writing spiders, but the old farmer would tell us they were tomato spiders because they would build giant webs between the "tomayta" plants and protect the crops...i always love it when we get one...havent had one thissummer though! |
|
|
|
A Farm of My Own: Not your average Charlotte... |
|
Not your average Charlotte...
