MJB1 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Oh no, that is not right - spider do a lot of good work keeping down flies and other insects. I am not that happy with them but I will never kill one. Evict the occasional house spider to the bus shelter across the road perhaps although the little blighters usually try to race me to the front door! well in that case sue , the spiders in my house must be incredibly PC with non stick webs of very inteligent flies as we've had loads of flies , & spiders but none caught in webs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 well in that case sue , the spiders in my house must be incredibly PC with non stick webs of very inteligent flies as we've had loads of flies , & spiders but none caught in webs Very odd spiders you have there - a new species perhaps. The TEFLON spider! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 here's a question for you sue , spiders dont get caught up in their own webs like flys & the like but can other spiders get caught up in each others webs , & approx how long does a web stay sticky ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 3 days 4 hours 17 minutes and ABOUT 33 seconds Marcus... Sue... i can just see that race across the road with Incey Wincey edging in front... Sue takes him over the front gate.... Incey races for the door... Sue just edges over the front step... aaaaaaaand it's a photo finish :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 here's a question for you sue , spiders dont get caught up in their own webs like flys & the like but can other spiders get caught up in each others webs , & approx how long does a web stay sticky ? The answer is that I don't really know. I remember reading somewhere that spiders webs are made from both sticky and non sticky threads. The builder knows which are which in order to avoid them. I have seen spiders caught in webs and if you break a web they sure run fast. As for the race - one very nearly beat me when I evicted it into the back garden. I just managed to shut the door before it jumped the threshold. Oh yes House spiders can jump quite high. I tried to put a glass over one in my lounge and it lumped at the last minute - fortunately it jumped into the glass as I had it at the right angle. Actually it was a pint beer mug because it was too big for a normal glass to fit over. I called it Shelob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 I'm on a quest to learn about spiders now... I've received a 'spider identification chart' in the post yesterday... not had time to read it all yet.... but it looks blooming interesting... As for that 'appendage' on Incey Wincey... it's got a name... I'll google it when I get home as I can't remember it just now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I'm on a quest to learn about spiders now... I've received a 'spider identification chart' in the post yesterday... not had time to read it all yet.... but it looks blooming interesting... As for that 'appendage' on Incey Wincey... it's got a name... I'll google it when I get home as I can't remember it just now Spinnaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 Nope... that's where I thought it was Sue.. right at the back... I'll scan the relevent bit and pop it up sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Well I was in the shower this morning and got the fright of my life when this little guy was at the window!!! He looked at me as if to "what you doing in my bathroom!!!" > Anyway, to cut a long story short he has now gone down the plughole :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 :D - oh Jez... I have never laughed so much in my life... you bloody nutter :D - that's brilliant mate.... :D Would frighten me too... :o Although... he's quite a handsome little devil when you stare at his eyes.... all of them :D Thanks for the laugh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 :D - oh Jez... I have never laughed so much in my life... you bloody nutter :D - that's brilliant mate.... :D Would frighten me too... :o Although... he's quite a handsome little devil when you stare at his eyes.... all of them :D Thanks for the laugh... No worries mate, day off today so thought i would atleast do something productive today. P.S I didn't really flush him down the plug hole ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 :D - I think with all those foreheads you'd have a job getting him down the pluggole Jez :D Shall I send it to the Arachnology Society for identification :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Just cotton on to the thread of this topic Mark... totally different but some brilliant photographs. Can you do one on wasp bikes and bee hives for us now please.... ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 Thanks Bill... oh.. and no... and..... no :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Oh well worth a try I suppose Mark seeing as I thought you were into insects these days... can't quite see you as a honey farmer though ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 Ooo no thanks Bill.... mind you... it's good for hayfever evidently... but late for that this year.. Now then.... Sue... the 'thingy' on the spider is called the epigyne .. see here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigyne Belive it or not... that's the FEMALE reproductive organs - turns human thinking on it's head doesn't it... \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPR Models Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Well I was in the shower this morning and got the fright of my life when this little guy was at the window!!! He looked at me as if to "what you doing in my bathroom!!!" > Anyway, to cut a long story short he has now gone down the plughole :D I´ve never seen that kind Jez :D :D that was good mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Ooo no thanks Bill.... mind you... it's good for hayfever evidently... but late for that this year.. Now then.... Sue... the 'thingy' on the spider is called the epigyne .. see here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigyne Belive it or not... that's the FEMALE reproductive organs - turns human thinking on it's head doesn't it... \ Just shows how you should never jump to conclusions! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Ok marky I found this in my utility room this morning - not a house spider by any means (sorry no time to get a tripod) In a glass awaiting eviction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 ...and this evening found this in the hall. One big cricket also in a glass to before returning him/her to the garden. It obligingly clung to the inside of the glass so I could get a face on view! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 Lovely Sue... it's a proper Zoo at your house.... I'll have to get my spider chart back from little William (who I gave it to yesterday :'( ) so we can idenfity her... er... him.... well.... it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Lovely Sue... it's a proper Zoo at your house.... I'll have to get my spider chart back from little William (who I gave it to yesterday :'( ) so we can idenfity her... er... him.... well.... it... You better get it back Marky - lots of identification jobs for you. HUGE Wolf(?) spider in the garden yesterday and Shelob's grandchild (much smaller than Shelob herself) in the utility room sink this morning which still needs to be rescued (and evicted) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 I've just been to the shed to get a nice cold tinny... incey winceys cousin was crawling across my patio... strange looking beast as well... Look into my eyes... I thought they had loads... he looks like he's only got the two \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 nice pics bill............ i mean Markey, i like spiders Your going all Bill oddie ishhh :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 :D - I've always been fasicinated by mother nature.. and my garden is not big enough for cows of pigs :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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