I have three huge spider webs on my front porch

[CatWoman]

One right beside the door, and one right under the porch (where the sidewalk meets the porch).


The one right beside the door is still spinning the web. I was just out watching. It's fascinating.

However, I'm scared I'm going to walk into one of them.

I hate to wreck their work, and I don't really want them to leave (they take care of all the insects).

You think I should get the broom and "relocate" them?

[crispini]

1. Well... the thing is, they don't have a lot of spare 'silk'

so if you move the web when they've just finished doing it, they'd have to start over with a (much) smaller one, and possibly not catch anything or even starve, if they didn't have any silk left at all.

Especially now it's fall and they need all their silk for their egg sacs they are about to make -- I'd wait if you could avoid it.

What kind are they? Garden spiders are my favorite, the big yellow and black kind. I have several of those in my yard.

[CatWoman]

7. I don't know which kind they are

but they all look alike -- brown and HUGE.

[zeemike]

2. I say let them stay

They really don't make any noise or chase your cats so let then stay a while.

[CatWoman]

8. I really don't want to move them

actually, they are pretty fascinating to watch.

[Floogeldy]

3. Don't touch them!

You know they are there, so you won't walk into them.

They pull them up, usually once a day.

Just be aware.

:)

Edit: Also, they usually go away in the Winter, at least where I am. They don't have that long of a lifespan.

[barb162]

4. I wreck their work when they put their work in obvious places

like the front door area. Now if they want to do that behind or on a side of a bush, that's fine. I don't like it where everyone who comes to the front door has to point out to me "Oh look you have a spiderweb"

[spacelady]

5. Just call Habitat for Humanity & George Bush will nail them up a web

that conforms to proper building codes.

I had a bad day with bureaucracy does it show?

[peekaloo]

11. Nail a web?

Come on, he can spin one out of his ass. Oh, sorry, that's when he lies.

[CatWoman]

12. Um, no

that would be Condi and Karen :D

[peekaloo]

15. tee hee

Charlatan's Web

[CatWoman]

18. BWAHAHAHAHAHA

:rofl:

[applegrove]

6. I just saw a little bug vacume in hedonics catalogue. It vacums up little

critters without hurting them (supposedly) so you can then deposit them outside. That is what I am getting for Christmas. Didn't know webs were so hard to make.

[Lochloosa]

24. Found one...

http://www.comforthouse.com/comfort/cuisllplitpr.html

[underpants]

9. ~~~Wow man look at my hand~~~~

Have you ever like REALLY LOOKED at your hand????

[CatWoman]

10. What are you tripping on today?

mushrooms?

LSD?

Coffee?

:D

[underpants]

13. Well I can tell you this

I'm not standing in my doorway watching a spider make a web at 11:00 in the morning.

:bounce:

Hey look! THE POPE!!



Coffee the answer is coffee

[CatWoman]

14. I'm gonna put a hex on you

*ribbit*

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[CatWoman]

17. ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!

Wanna see me tapdance and eat watermelon?

[flamingyouth]

19. You rule, CatWoman

:rofl::thumbsup:

I have the same spider problem at my house. Maybe it's because I'm a communist babykiller? :D

[CatWoman]

21. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Stoopid Freeper :silly:

Trix are made for kids :D

[Maddy McCall]

23. I remember your Black Widow problem.

I wouldn't worry about the garden spiders that spin huge webs. Actually, I am fascinated by them.

But Black Widows--well, that's spider-squishing time.

[Maddy McCall]

26. Above post is to Catwoman.

Stupid me posted in wrong place.

[CatWoman]

28. I can't find a pic of these guys

but they are all the same species -- brown, with a huge body and markings on the legs.

[Tari]

20. Halloween's coming. I say keep 'em. We can help you name them

if you like.

[CatWoman]

22. you need to post a "name CatWoman's spiders" thread

:D

[Tari]

33. Does that mean you're going to keep them?

You're not some sicko who'd name a spider only to squash it, are you?

[CatWoman]

34. nah -- not me

especially since I was bitten by a mosquito yesterday. Damn thing even followed me into the house.

My arachnid friends will kick (and suck) their asses!!!! :D

[Maddy McCall]

25. Do they look like this?

If so, they are golden orb spiders. They won't bother you. Leave them be. They will eat mosquitoes and other little pests that get caught in their webs. And they are fun to watch.

The girl spiders are huge, like the one in the photo above. If you look around the edge of the webs, you will be able to see the male spiders, which are much smaller.

Please don't move the webs or the spiders. They probably have an egg sac nearby. If Charlotte were a real spider, this is what she would be.

A golden orb (in the photo above) built a web spanning my window, and she stayed there for several weeks, tending to her egg sac. She almost became like a pet. That was a couple of years ago. Now, every year at this time, we have three or four golden orb webs and spiders on our porches. I am sure that they are the grandchildren of the spider in the photograph above, so I never disturb them.

[Lex]

27. Great post!

Great pic!

:thumbsup:

[Maddy McCall]

30. Thanks. Indeed, that's Charlotte, our window spider from two years ago.

DU's ForrestGump helped me figure out what she was, when I first posted the photo on DU. I edumacated myself on the species, and now I admire golden orbs.

I took this photo on the same day... a ruby throated hummingbird.

[CatWoman]

29. that's a pretty spider

scroll up for description of my spiders.

[Maddy McCall]

31. Is this your spider?

or



It's the only American orb spider that continues to make webs in cold weather. It's a brown orb spider...at least that's what I would call it. Orb spiders spin huge webs, and that's why they are called orbs.

[CatWoman]

32. my spider doesn't have markings on the orb

just plain brown.

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35. Have those spiders spayed or neutered!

Before they start breeding with your cats.

[CatWoman]

36. that is so damn wrong

:D