dulciboy20198
Arachnopeon
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- Jun 22, 2014
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Hi Everyone!
I have been interested in spiders for a couple years due to a regular orb weaver showing up at my house scaring the daylights out of me every year. I ended up naming this spider Rufus (before I knew it was most likely a female) and for the forth year in a row Rufus has showed up again and scared the crap out of me. Since then my friend had the same species show up and he (and his wife) freaked out so I went up to their house and brought it back here to live. These belong to the genus Araneus from what I can tell from research. At the bottom of this post there is a picture of Rufus's hiding spot. I can post a better picture sometime if you would like. They make about 2-3 feet across webs and only appear at night. Now on to the spider I am really looking for.
Back about 15 years ago my grandpa showed me this amazing spider that made a huge orb web with a zigzag pattern in the middle. Since he passed last year I stumbled on a youtube video showing this spider and it was the Argiope Aurantia. I have not seen one of these since he showed it to me and we had got rid of the lambs ear it was building a web in. I was wondering if there is a common place in Columbus, Ohio to find these spiders? Is there a specific plant I can grow that will attract them? I know they only live about a year so it would not really be feasible to raise them like a tarantula. These seem to be pretty rare around here but the common orb weavers I (literally) run into all the time are not.
I am eventually looking for a Euathlus sp. Red to have as a pet but those also seem hard to come by (at least decent sized ones).
Thanks!
Ian
I have been interested in spiders for a couple years due to a regular orb weaver showing up at my house scaring the daylights out of me every year. I ended up naming this spider Rufus (before I knew it was most likely a female) and for the forth year in a row Rufus has showed up again and scared the crap out of me. Since then my friend had the same species show up and he (and his wife) freaked out so I went up to their house and brought it back here to live. These belong to the genus Araneus from what I can tell from research. At the bottom of this post there is a picture of Rufus's hiding spot. I can post a better picture sometime if you would like. They make about 2-3 feet across webs and only appear at night. Now on to the spider I am really looking for.
Back about 15 years ago my grandpa showed me this amazing spider that made a huge orb web with a zigzag pattern in the middle. Since he passed last year I stumbled on a youtube video showing this spider and it was the Argiope Aurantia. I have not seen one of these since he showed it to me and we had got rid of the lambs ear it was building a web in. I was wondering if there is a common place in Columbus, Ohio to find these spiders? Is there a specific plant I can grow that will attract them? I know they only live about a year so it would not really be feasible to raise them like a tarantula. These seem to be pretty rare around here but the common orb weavers I (literally) run into all the time are not.
I am eventually looking for a Euathlus sp. Red to have as a pet but those also seem hard to come by (at least decent sized ones).
Thanks!
Ian