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I don't like spiders if I had any idea what this was called I would not be here, it's about the size of maybe a 50 cent peice and you can see his butt wriggle and him pull the web out of his ass when he's doin the web thing
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- Submitted: Sep 26, 2022
- Photographed: Sep 26, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Piqua, Ohio, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
LOL, this wriggling critter is Argiope aurantia, a Black and Yellow Garden Spider. Don’t worry, she has no desire to battle you. Her job is to eat lots of big bugs and keep getting bigger until her eggs are so big that she is ready to make egg sacks. She’ll guard them as long as she can until she dies in this season from cold, hunger, or dehydration. The eggs are freeze-resistant. In Spring they will hatch and fly on the air currents to new places so they don’t end up eating each other. The way baby spiders fly is… Read more »