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This little flicker is my cute baby velvet spider, his name is Eren.

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Dëse klengen Bléck ass mengem léifem Baby-Velours-Spider, sengem Numm ass Eren.

I have a good camera on the phone hahah

Ech hunn eng gutt Kamera um Handy hahah

It's huge

Entschëllegt, awer ech hu Spinnen gär. *^*

Et ass rieseg

He soo cute 💚

Hien ass esou süß 💚

It's already Halloween 🎃

Net wierklech, mee et gesäit sécher esou aus

Et ass schonn Halloween 🎃

Love

Léift

I think these guys win the cutest spider competition

Wild Jumping Spider

Ech denken, dës Jongen gewannen de süssesten Späiderwettbewerb

Wilde Sprangspäider

It appears to be a Cross Orb Weaver.
It made its net(s) at a highly trafficked bridge. 
Plenty nocturnal insects seek light sources/have the moon as light source as a navigation reference and get confused by modern light sources. It is also natural for animals to seek water sources, therefore luring nearby such is beneficial.
Looking at the net it is highly obvious she's not starving, just ready for a big meal, got her snacks scattered around.
I can't identify the gender. 
Saw a few smaller ones around the bridge and plenty of nets. 
To me, spiders are a "Nutztier", which doesn't translate well in English. Nutztier means useful animal rather. Spiders eat some pests and blood suckers. 

Music: System of a Down - Spiders

Edit: Spiders also don't care about your food or you.
Edit edit: They also don't care about your crops, but eat what does.

Watch it hunt. Sharp & patiently.

Et schéngt eng Cross Orb Weaver ze sinn.
Et huet seng Netzer um eng héich fréquentéiert Bréck gemaach. 
Vill nocturn Insekten sichen no Liichtquellen/hunn de Mound als Liichtquell als Navigatiounsreferenz a ginn duerch modern Liichtquellen verwirrt. Et ass och natierlech fir Déieren no Waasserkäll ze sichen, dofir ass et vorteilhaft, sou eppes no bei ze hunn.
Wann ech d'Netz kucken, ass et ganz evident, datt si net hungrig ass, just bereet fir eng grouss Mëss, huet hir Snacks ronderëm verstreut.
Ech kann d'Geschlecht net identifizéieren. 
Ech hunn e puer méi kleng ronderëm d'Bréck gesin a vill Netzer. 
Fir mech sinn Spinnen e "Nutztier", wat net gutt an Englesch iwwersetzt. Nutztier heescht éischter nëtzlecht Déier. Spinnen iessen e puer Schädlingen a Blutsécker. 

Musik: System of a Down - Spiders

Edit: Spinnen interesséieren sech och net fir äert Iessen oder fir Iech.
Edit edit: Si interesséieren sech och net fir ären Uebst, mee iessen dat, wat et mécht.

Kuckt wéi et jagen. Schaarf & geduldig.

My Itsy Bitsy Spooder

Meng Itsy Bitsy Spooder

Kidnapped a jumping spider a month or so ago and apparently she was pregnant 😬
Collecting what I can and will raise them till they’re big enough to be released but this is NOT how I wanted to spend my break lmao.

Whoops 🫪

Ech hunn e Sprangspäider virun engem Mount oder esou entfouert an anscheinend war si schwanger 😬
Ech sammelen wat ech kann a wäert si opwuessen bis si grouss genuch sinn fir fräigelooss ze ginn, mee dat ass NET wéi ech meng Paus wollt verbréngen lmao.

It's a veriety of Widow. I think it's missing one of it's legs unfortunately.

Look at this cool specimen I spotted at work.

Et ass eng Varietéit vun enger Wëll. Ech mengen, et feelt eng vun senge Been, leider.

Kuckt dëse coole Specimen, deen ech bei der Aarbecht gesin.

There was a little jumper living on this red plant holder in the yard. Fortuitously I noticed it was locked in on this fly and I caught it pouncing on its dinner. You can see the very small movements before it jumps. 🕷️

Jumper in the wild

Et war e klengen Jumper, deen op dësem roude Planzeständer am Gaart gelieft huet. Zoufälleg hunn ech bemierkt, datt et op dëser Fléie fixéiert war an ech hunn et gefaangen, wéi et op sengem Mënsch gehüpft ass. Dir kënnt d'kleng Beweegungen gesin, ier et spréngt. 🕷️

Jumper an der Wildnis

Umm, well, I think it's time to release this one. I caught it when it was little, now it's getting too big, haha.

It got big...

Umm, gutt, ech denken et ass Zäit dëst ze verëffentlechen. Ech hunn et gefaangen wéi et kleng war, elo gëtt et ze grouss, haha.

Et ass grouss ginn...

Cute 🥺🥰

Süß 🥺🥰

🤯 that's a big spider in the tree 🌴!

🤯 dat ass eng grouss Spann an der Bam 🌴!

Spider

Spann

Imagine that but the size of a building 😣

Ahhhh

Stell dir dat vir, mee am Gréisst vun engem Gebai 😣

I'm sitting in my car with the windows down and I just noticed this tiny little spider crawling along the door. They wouldn't stop moving, making it very difficult to get a clear photo. I enhanced this the best I could with the picture editing app on my phone.

Another Car Spider

Ech sëtzen an mengem Auto mat den Fënsteren op an ech hunn just dësen klengen Späider bemierkt, deen laanscht d'Tür krabbelt. Si hunn net opgehalen ze beweegen, wat et ganz schwéier gemaach huet eng kloer Foto ze maachen. Ech hunn dëst esou gutt wéi méiglech mat der Bildbearbechtungsapp op mengem Handy verbessert.

Eng aner Auto Späider

Features typical orange creature qualities

8 legged orange creature

Besëtz typesch orange Kreatur Qualitéiten

8 béidleg orange Kreatur

Check out this close up of a spider I found in the grass

Weess een genee wat fir eng Spinne dat ass?

Kuckt dëse Close-up vun enger Spinne déi ech an der Gras fonnt hunn

Found a rather large Male Linx Spider this morning on my walk around the site.

Linx Spider

Ech hunn dës Moie e relativ groussen Männleche Linx Spider fonnt während menger Spazéiergang ronderëm de Site.

This little one lives in my car. I have no idea what they're eating, but they've survived in there all summer long. I worry that they won't survive much longer now that the weather is getting colder.

Car Spider

Dëse klengen een liewt an mengem Auto. Ech hunn keng Ahnung wat si iessen, mee si hunn de ganzen Summer do iwwerlieft. Ech maachen mir Suergen, datt si net méi vill länger iwwerleeven, elo wou d'Wieder méi kalt gëtt.

Auto Späider

Xenesthis intermedia

People reacted so well to Car Spider, here's another little one from this past summer. At the far end of one of the local ponds is a stone bridge. I stopped there to meditate and found this little one on a nearby stone.

Bridge Spider

D'Leit hunn esou gutt op de Car Spider reagéiert, hei ass eng aner kleng eenzeg vun dësem Summer. Am wäitste Punkt vun engem vun de lokale Pëllen ass eng Steenbréck. Ech hunn do gestoppt fir ze meditéieren an hunn dës kleng eenzeg op engem nogelegene Steen fonnt.

Bréck Späider

Sorry that the pics aren't too good. Ask if you'd like to know what they are.

Some spider pics I took.

Entschëllegt, datt d'Fotos net esou gutt sinn. Froen, wanns de wëlls wëssen, wat se sinn.

E puer Spinnenfotos, déi ech gemaach hunn.

Wolf spider ran out from the brush to grab this grasshopper. She was kind enough to let me grab a photo before leaving her to her dinner.

Caught her feeding.

E Wollefspäider ass aus dem Sträich erausgelaf fir dëse Grashopper ze kréien. Si war esou frëndlech mir eng Foto ze maachen ier si hir Mëss fir d'Zäit gelass huet.

Hunn se beim Fëllen erwaart.

My GBB Tarantula; Fae, she’s getting so big!

Growing quick!

Meng GBB Tarantula; Fae, si gëtt esou grouss!

Schnell wuessen!

Also wow, a foot! For free!!! In this economy!!!!

Hand-feeding Minerva, my Phiddipus audax (warning: contains jumping spider)

Also wow, eng Fouss! Fir gratis!!! An dëser Wirtschaft!!!!

Hand-fëdden Minerva, meng Phiddipus audax (Warnung: enthält Sprangspäider)

Got em!!!

Aarbechtsmaskottchen kritt e puer Snacks.

Hunn se!!!

Here's an orb weaver that's been living in my back yard. Wish I had a camera that was better at night pictures so it showed her patterns better

She's so pretty

Hei ass eng Orbweberin déi an mengem Haff wunnt. Ech wéilt ech hätt eng Kamera déi besser bei der Nachtfotoen ass, sou datt et hir Musteren besser weist.

Si ass esou schéin

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I had never seen a web like this, and haven’t since I took this pic a few years ago.

Charlotte?

Ech hat ni méi esou eng Web gesin, an hunn et net gesin zënter ech dëst Bild virun e puer Joer gemaach hunn.

I was talking a few minutes to listen to the rain, and got a surprise visitor

A little Miss Muffit moment

Ech hunn e puer Minutten geschwat fir de Reen ze lauschteren, an hunn e überraschende Besucher kritt

Eng kleng Miss Muffit Moment

Don't Squash, Just Watch: Why Spiders Are Friends, Not Foes

​Let's be honest: spiders get a bad rap. For many of us, the sight of one scuttling across the floor is enough to trigger a full-blown panic. We see their many legs, their unusual eyes, and their skittering movements, and our immediate reaction is fear. But what if that fear is just a big misunderstanding?
​The truth is, we're often scared of spiders simply because we haven't taken the time to learn about their behavior. We see them as creepy, unpredictable intruders. In reality, they are fascinating, shy, and incredibly beneficial creatures that play a vital role in the environment around us. The vast majority of the spiders you'll encounter in your home are completely harmless to you. Their main goal isn't to scare you; it's to hunt the actual pests like flies, mosquitoes, and roaches. They are nature's own pest control service, working for free!
​Their strange looks and silent, deliberate movements can be unsettling, but they are behaviors perfected for survival, not for startling humans. A spider in the corner of your room is not plotting an attack. It's patiently waiting for a meal, building an intricate web, or simply trying to stay out of your way. When we react with a shoe or a scream, it's usually because we've startled them, and their quick retreat is just them trying to escape a creature thousands of times their size.
​Next time you see a spider, try to pause for a moment before you react. Watch it. Notice the complex patterns on its back or the incredible engineering of its web. By replacing our fear with a little bit of curiosity, we can start to see them for what they truly are: odd, yes, but also harmless and helpful neighbors who just want to be left alone.

Saw this little web developer at work today. 10/10, eats all the mosquitos. 🕸️

Net drécken, just kucken: Firwat Spinnen Frënn sinn, net Feinde

​Loosst eis éierlech sinn: Spinnen kréien eng schlecht Rumm. Fir vill vun eis ass d'Bild vun enger, déi iwwer de Buedem krabbelt, genuch fir eng voll Panik auszeléisen. Mir gesin hir vill Been, hir ongewéinlech Aen, an hir skitterend Beweegungen, an eis direkt Reaktioun ass Angscht. Awer wat wann dës Angscht just eng grouss Missverständnis ass?
​D'Wourecht ass, mir sinn dacks angscht virun Spinnen einfach well mir net d'Zäit geholl hunn, fir iwwer hiert Verhalen ze léieren. Mir gesin si als gruselig, onberechenbar Intruder. An der Wourecht sinn si faszinéierend, schei, an onheemlech nëtzlech Wiesen, déi eng wichteg Roll an der Ëmwelt ronderëm eis spillen. D'Majoritéit vun de Spinnen, déi Dir an Ärem Heem begéint, sinn komplett harmlos fir Iech. Hiert Haaptziel ass et net, Iech ze erschrecken; et ass d'Juegd op déi tatsächlech Schädlingen wéi Fliegen, Mënschen, an Kakerlaken. Si sinn d'Natur seng eegen Schädling Kontrollservicer, déi fir gratis schaffen!
​Hir komesch Aussehens a schëlleg, bewosst Beweegungen kënnen onberouegend sinn, awer si sinn Verhalen, déi fir d'Überliewen perfektionéiert sinn, net fir Mënschen ze erschrecken. Eng Spinn an der Ecker vun Ärem Zëmmer plangt keng Attack. Si waart geduldig op eng Mëss, baut e komplizéierte Web, oder probéiert einfach, aus Ärem Wee ze bleiwen. Wann mir mat engem Schong oder engem Schrei reagéieren, ass et dacks well mir si erschreckt hunn, an hir séier Réckzuch ass just si, déi probéieren, vun engem Wiesen ze flüchten, dat dausend Mol méi grouss ass wéi si.
​Nächst Kéier wann Dir eng Spinn gesitt, probéiert fir eng Sekonn ze pauséieren, ier Dir reagéiert. Kuckt si. Bemierkt d'komplizéiert Musteren op hirem Réck oder d'incredible Ingenieur vun hirem Web. Andeems mir eis Angscht mat e bësse Neugier ersetzen, kënne mir ufänken, si fir dat ze gesin, wat si wierklech sinn: komesch, jo, awer och harmlos an hëllefräich Noperen, déi just wëllen, datt si an der Rou gelooss ginn.

Hunn dëse klengen Web-Entwéckler haut bei der Aarbecht gesin. 10/10, iessen all d'Mënschen. 🕸️

Was spidery today

Wat ass haut spidery

A Boo community for meeting other Spiders enthusiasts.

Spiders Community

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Ech hunn eng gutt Kamera um Handy hahah

Et ass rieseg

Hien ass esou süß 💚

Et ass schonn Halloween 🎃

Léift

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