O'Brother Septorcher

[weatherwiz]

47 minutes ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Sounds like orb weavers. They’re great at killing other bugs. Non venomous to humans 

hmmm could be those. what kind is the "common yellow house spider"? 

[tunafish]

22 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

hmmm could be those. what kind is the "common yellow house spider"? 

Do you keep outside lights on at night?  Good way to attract lots of spiders (and f up migrating birds, but that's a different story)

[weatherwiz]

2 minutes ago, tunafish said:

Do you keep outside lights on at night?  Good way to attract lots of spiders (and f up migrating birds, but that's a different story)

The only light I keep on is just outside the back door but its not particularly bright and inside a cove (not sure what its technically called but its an overhang which connects the house with the garage. 

 

[dendrite]

Stop killing spiders weenie. Hope it wasn’t one of these argiopes. These are great spiders.

[tamarack]

Storm total 2.64", almost as much as July/August combined (2.85").  About 1.8" fell 5 PM-midnight.  Neither the Sandy nor the Carrabassett have risen much, about 1/2 foot.  The upper parts of their watersheds received less rain - 'Bassett 1.14" and Rangeley probably about the same.

Sounds like orb weavers. They’re great at killing other bugs. Non venomous to humans 

I've read that almost all spider species are poisonous - it's how they eat - but very few are dangerously poisonous.

[weatherwiz]

No, it wasn't that. It was yellow (or like a golden brown) with the light orange body or brownish orange. But it was crawling at me...I had no choice. 

 

[SJonesWX]

ASATT

All spiders all the time

[Cyclone-68]

57 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Stop killing spiders weenie. Hope it wasn’t one of these argiopes. These are great spiders.

Yup it should be a sin to kill those. They are very useful and pretty to look at 

[Cyclone-68]

49 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Storm total 2.64", almost as much as July/August combined (2.85").  About 1.8" fell 5 PM-midnight.  Neither the Sandy nor the Carrabassett have risen much, about 1/2 foot.  The upper parts of their watersheds received less rain - 'Bassett 1.14" and Rangeley probably about the same.

Sounds like orb weavers. They’re great at killing other bugs. Non venomous to humans 

I've read that almost all spider species are poisonous - it's how they eat - but very few are dangerously poisonous.

Yup. Some can bite and they all have venom to kill prey for sure but except for the black widow and the brown recluse there are no spiders in this country with the kind of venom to threaten people. And they are very shy spiders in general as well. And neither of them can be found in this part of the country. More the south and Midwest 

[Cyclone-68]

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

hmmm could be those. what kind is the "common yellow house spider"? 

Just guessing but maybe the yellow sac spider. Found in most parts of the world. Not a threat to people at all 

[tunafish]

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

The only light I keep on is just outside the back door but its not particularly bright and inside a cove (not sure what its technically called but its an overhang which connects the house with the garage. 

 

That's enough to attract bugs, which will attract spiders.  Heck, even an inside light left on will do that.

[WxWatcher007]

41 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

ASATT

All spiders all the time

Exciting times in New England.

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Exciting times in New England.

Another year of more spider posts than severe. 

[WxWatcher007]

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Another year of more spider posts than severe. 

Keep this up and it might outdo winter storm posts. 

[DavisStraight]

2 hours ago, weatherwiz said:

No, it wasn't that. It was yellow (or like a golden brown) with the light orange body or brownish orange. But it was crawling at me...I had no choice. 

 

It was you or the spider.

[Torch Tiger]

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

Stop killing spiders weenie. Hope it wasn’t one of these argiopes. These are great spiders.

yeah those are chill, just scoop up and fling onto neighbors property  ..and hope it doesn't come back. 

[ineedsnow]

3 hours ago, dendrite said:

Stop killing spiders weenie. Hope it wasn’t one of these argiopes. These are great spiders.

I saw my first lantern fly while I was in orange earlier.. I couldn't get a hold of it to kill it but neat to see.  These spiders may look bad to @weatherwiz but pretty harmless