Thanks Todd! That's the exact reason I didn't want to kill them. I'd rather they get rid of the pesky insects. That's also the reason why I let the 10 toads hang out on my porch every night.
On 7/28/07, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239152 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
