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Not sure what it is. Caught in Baton Rouge, LA. It had a small web in the Corner of our screen door. I want to be sure it’s not dangerous to people, my son wants it for a pet corner of our screen door. I want to be sure it’s not dangerous to people, I would like to use it for education and then release.
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- Submitted: Sep 21, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 21, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Not sure what happened to the text. My son saw it and I wanted to use it for education before releasing. Thanks!
Orb weaver?
Hi. Certainly a very harmless orb weaver in the Araneidae family. Only problem keeping these indoors is the need for a large web structure. They also have quite an appetite, like a moth a day. Perhaps lightly misting their web with water each morning, they drink dew off their web for water. If only I could finish my how to video keeping orb weavers indoors. These will tolerate some handling, but stressful for the spider, Left alone in their web is best. No, not likely to bite, and no harm one if they did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd7WDtPJ8xA My method is a little… Read more »
Thanks!!! I’ll likely release it tomorrow. Any sense if it’s male or female? (Bad pic I know)
One idea is to leave it where it is and your son can put a bug in it’s web, and mist the web with one spritz of water daily. They’re absolute sweeties, and can’t even penetrate the skin if it tries to bite. I would just leave it, and admire right where it is though 🙂