Folding door spider.

[Kildale]

This is about as big a spider that we get in this part of the world. Its home is a tube constructed in a crack and lined with silk. When inside it pulls the sides of the top together, closing the door.

[pipit]

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/scared/scared0016.gif

[Sneezie]

:ph34r: UGH!! I hate spiders kildare! I know they`re beneficial but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,his back part of him looks fuzzy! Ohhhhhhhhhhhh I do I do dislike spiders!!!!!!

[Raincat]

scary looking spider. looks like it could do some damage

[Dave McCormick]

I like spiders, but not that one very much. Prefer bird eating spiders and trapdoor and orbweb spiers and the usual garden spiders and crab spiders and some others. I used to have a pet black bird eating spider, but it died.

[DandyLioness]

I LOVE spiders, but I don't think that I can eat a whole one!

http://www.verydodgy.com/pics/animals/1074937882419.jpg

[Dave McCormick]

I LOVE spiders, but I don't think that I can eat a whole one!


O.K. we seem to be a little overboard here DandyLioness :banana:

[pipit]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Pennylee]

A blind spider-like creature found far north of us is causing some
consternation.

A £5bn mining project in Western Australia has been blocked by government officials after the discovery of tiny, blind spider-like creatures at the site.
Plans by Robe River, a subsidiary of the mining giant Rio Tinto, to develop the iron ore mine near Pannawonica, in the north-western region of Pilbara, were rejected by the Environmental Protection Authority after the company unearthed at least five new species of the cave-dwelling creatures.

The tiny animals, which are just a few millimetres long, belong to a group called troglobites that have evolved to live in absolute darkness. Many do not develop eyes, but instead use their front legs as feelers.

The creatures are usually pale in colour and can survive only in a pitch-dark environment. Even brief exposure to the ultraviolet rays in sunlight can be enough to kill them.
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[natalie]

Spiders have never bothered me, I've always found some beauty in them, I don't appreciate being crawled on by them, but certainly do appreciate looking at some of them. I love the argiope spiders, sooo pretty.
The trap door spiders, like kildale's, is one of the world's most venomous spiders, could do some damage like raincat mentioned, if he wanted to, but like most spiders, would rather keep to himself.

Spiders can be fascinating if you take time to learn about them.
The bolas spider is known for making a weapon out of his silk. He makes a hard ball at the end of a line and draws himself down on another line and sits there waiting for an insect to fly by. When one does, he flings his "weapon" out at his victim striking it with the hard end which knocks out the insect, but also sticks to it as well and the spider simply pulls it back in like a fishing line.
Other interesting spiders to learn about are
nursery spiders
ladder spiders
crab spiders
jumping spiders
water spiders
bird eating spiders
black widow spiders

Even some of your more common spiders that you see everyday, or ones that you think you know a lot about have some fascinating behaviors and characteristics that you may not know about.
I used to do a "spider class" for homeschoolers, in which we would learn about spider behavior, learn how they can be successful in their different ways of making websand where they build them, and then go do field work in which they find spiders and report on them it was great fun and even the squirmish moms that thought they would just send the boys out to do it alone found themselves having a good time.

[Kildale]

Hi Natalie. They can be successful. We have a bit about them here in the SPIDER SECTION (http://www.dereilanatureinn.ca/garden/spiders/spiders1.htm)

[Ginny42]

Awww, look at the pretty pink and white spider! I like that one.;) :grin:

[natalie]

That's the crab spider!! I like them, in how they blend in with their surroundings like a chameleon!
cool page, Kildale!

[Kildale]

They do catch a lot of bees. I can take a photo nearly everyday during the summer with them having caught something.

[Dave McCormick]

Cool pic. I see similar everyday. Maybe cause there are hundreds of spiders in my 1000 acre countryside and farm.

[Kildale]

Hi natalie. They do blend in pretty good.

Hi Ginny42. They change their colors to suit the flower.

[Ginny42]

I never knew that Kildale, I've always seen them a pale yellow. Very interesting.;)

[Dave McCormick]

I have seen pink ones in a pink orchid once, blended in pritty well.

[Kildale]

Hi Ginny. I call this one Newcastle because the UK football club plays in black and white.