Not arachnophobic, but looked down and saw this lady racing up my shirt, a few inches from my neck. My scream was internal.
Not arachnophobic, but looked down and saw this lady racing up my shirt, a few inches from my neck. My scream was internal.
I managed not to hurt it as I brushed it off.
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Hard to tell without a good look at the abdomen, but I think this is a barn spider. The bite isn't bad for humans. They are very creepy cute when resting, they fold their legs up and become a kind of diamond shape.
Edit: It looks like both Neoscona crucifera and Araneus cavaticus are commonly called barn spiders. I linked to the first but the second is the namesake.
That's Neoscona crucifera, similar but not a barn spider.
It looks like both Neoscona crucifera and Araneus cavaticus are called barn spiders, though the latter is the namesake. Thanks for the specifics, I learned something new and will update my comment :D
Thanks, too. I didn't realise Neoscona was also refered to as barn spider. I really should have known that.
I basically called you out for using the "wrong" common name, though the pictures were of the right spiders. Sorry about that.
No need to apologize at all! I'm a novice spider lover so I'm constantly learning. I think Neoscona can be called a barn spider but it's not THE barn spider. Confusing but nice to know.
Ok yeah that’s kinda cute, from a safe distance, like through my phone
The website you linked is dead
Thanks, I updated it. Maybe it loads now?
I could access the picture through my client. Maybe client specific dead?
OP seems to have fixed the link
https://sopuli.xyz/comment/3640889
