Comments on: Cobweb spiders http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/01/26/cobweb-spiders/ A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Tim Eisele http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/01/26/cobweb-spiders/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Tim Eisele Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:14:40 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/01/26/cobweb-spiders/#comment-78 Nice pictures of your spiders in action! Thanks for the pointer, they certainly do look like, if not the same species, at least a closely related one. Nice pictures of your spiders in action! Thanks for the pointer, they certainly do look like, if not the same species, at least a closely related one.

]]> By: Wanderin_Weeta http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/01/26/cobweb-spiders/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Wanderin_Weeta Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:58:34 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/01/26/cobweb-spiders/#comment-75 These look to me like the common American house spider, Achearanea tepidariorum. I have a series on my blog on these: I've been watching one particular spider for a full summer, and now am keeping an eye on her egg cases. You can see my blog posts and photos <a href="http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/search/label/Achearanea%20tepidariorum" rel="nofollow">here</a>, or on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/87137766@N00/sets/72157603376675514/" rel="nofollow">Flickr</a>. And yes, these spiders are quite able to take on prey twice and more their size. My "Fat Momma" regularly grabbed big moths and crane flies. These look to me like the common American house spider, Achearanea tepidariorum. I have a series on my blog on these: I’ve been watching one particular spider for a full summer, and now am keeping an eye on her egg cases.

You can see my blog posts and photos here, or on Flickr.

And yes, these spiders are quite able to take on prey twice and more their size. My “Fat Momma” regularly grabbed big moths and crane flies.

]]> By: Tim Eisele http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/01/26/cobweb-spiders/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Tim Eisele Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:24:38 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/01/26/cobweb-spiders/#comment-68 It's too bad the spider vs. centipede came out so blurry. This was actually one of the first spider pictures I took, and I was still having trouble getting the macro mode to work right at the time. I did get a very short video of it, which is actually a bit clearer. It’s too bad the spider vs. centipede came out so blurry. This was actually one of the first spider pictures I took, and I was still having trouble getting the macro mode to work right at the time. I did get a very short video of it, which is actually a bit clearer.

]]> By: Andy http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/01/26/cobweb-spiders/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Andy Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:39:13 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/01/26/cobweb-spiders/#comment-67 The picture of the spider killing a centipede is pretty cool. I'm wondering how often that technique is successful - my understanding is that centipedes can be pretty nasty (to insects their own size, anyway). Pretty cool for the spider that can take it on and win. The picture of the spider killing a centipede is pretty cool. I’m wondering how often that technique is successful – my understanding is that centipedes can be pretty nasty (to insects their own size, anyway). Pretty cool for the spider that can take it on and win.

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