There was a jumping spider on my car today at a project site. It was a curious one, almost the size of a US dime.altr

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[–] [S] 4 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Yes, Midwest US. I have no knowledge of spider species, but a quick image search shows pretty similar spiders to what I saw. Thanks!

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    That'd be the right area (all of the US really).

    If you catch one drop them off in your garden, he'll munch up the local micro-herbivores and also not build webs for you to walk into unexpectedly (orb weavers x.x).

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Fucking orb weavers - bastards always put up massive webs overnight right where you're going to walk in the dark... Hahaha

    Ran into so many as a kid.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    When we'd ride ATVs in the forest the lead person had to bungee a branch to their grill to catch all of the orb weaver webs that had formed over the trails overnight. There would be 30-50 of them per mile, the branch just looks like cotton candy and arachnophobia after an hour or so.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Every one of these I find inside gets relocated to the garden... unless its winter, then they get a tour of the potted plants.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    There's a spring nearby so the local treefrogs and anoles eat everything smaller than a mouse. The only spiders that survive are aforementioned orb weavers and I think they spend more time trying to catch me, as I'm taking out the garbage and barely awake, than eating insects.

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