The fuzzy brown ones are commonly referred to as Wolf Spiders, as they like to chase down their prey instead of relying on webs. They are very fast, jump around a bit and can cop an attitude when cornered, but are harmless.
The big black and yellow ones are commonly called Banana Spiders (not to be confused with that nasty one from South America), Yellow Garden Spiders, or Golden Orb Weavers. They too are harmless. One amusing thing about them is if they think they have something in their web, they will shake the web up and down violently to further entangle whatever it is. You can trick them into doing this by poking the web with something. If you don't like where they are and want them to move along, just tear up the web. The spider will get annoyed and move off to a different location. Neither is aggressive and both will try to escape before biting. Their bites are no worse than bee stings. The only bad thing about the Wolf Spiders is that they often find their way into the house when it is really dry out, or when the weather starts turning cold. If they don't bother you, I would leave them be. They eat a lot of pest insects. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zaphod Beeblebrox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:48 PM Subject: Can anyone ID these spiders > I've got a ton of these spiders around the house, outside. I haven't > killed them yet since I don't know if they're beneficial or not. I > just don't want something really poisonous living around me though. > The first type seems to like my hot tub and since the cover has been > over a month in the making, I can't keep them out of it. They hitch > onto the thermometer and just ride along. > > The 2nd type seems to like to live around my pool. > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/zaph0d.b33bl3br0x2/Spiders > > > Thanks > > zB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239150 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
