True Spiders Survive Freezing Weather?

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Arachnobaron
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I allways thought that any kind of spider can die of FREEZING COLD WEATHER. Anyway I went out into my garadge to get a table. Well on that table was a black spider that was walking and everything. The only thing that seemed wrong with him is being sluggish. I must be slow or something lol but can true spiders stay out in the cold like that without being harmed?
 

crpy

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My D. okeefinokensis is carring an egg sac right now lol, she has survived 38-40 temps
 

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I collected a L. variolus the Thanksgiving of '07 in Virginia, where the temps were near freezing in the middle of the night. I have heard from a couple others that Latros can and will be on the hunt in freezing temps... soo yeah, they can survive it. :)
 

cjm1991

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One of my uncles works in Anheuser Busch and he often spots brown recluse in the storing area for beer that was just made where its 31* F. I was also amazed at this.
 

Widowman10

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I have heard from a couple others that Latros can and will be on the hunt in freezing temps
yep. found them catching and webbing up prey at a little lower than 30F. they need a cooler period as well, they do better.
 

buthus

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Just got back from Vegas and i did do a bit of garbage turning in my fav empty development lot ...sub freezing night time temps. Was searching for loxosceles mostly...and found them. Takes a good eye in the cold temps cause you cant rely on movement to catch your eye ...spidies are a bit sluggish when exposed to those temps. Found a single immature hesperus that I kept ...seems like when you find these rarer subs/young during the cold months...they turn out huge and strong ...biggest hesps always come out of the winter months. No kuks or even any fresh kuk webbing ...dug in deep I suspect.
 
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