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jiphorse In reply to chrisanthumum [2010-07-20 20:55:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I have no idea actually. I guess it's a common European garden spider, and these are completely harmless.

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chrisanthumum In reply to jiphorse [2010-07-20 20:59:11 +0000 UTC]

oh well thats good i thought it was a poisen one because if a spider makes a web and the web has no desing then it"s usally posioness i should no i got bit by one

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Chalcodes In reply to chrisanthumum [2011-02-12 22:42:13 +0000 UTC]

The level of venom a spider possesses cannot be measured simply by whether it spins a web or not. Arboreal and terrestrial spiders/tarantulas can both have venom. The degree of toxicity depends on what it's species and genus says.

Yes, this is a harmless garden spider. And a very pretty one at that :]

Lovely shot!

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chrisanthumum In reply to Chalcodes [2011-02-13 04:19:32 +0000 UTC]

well yes the spider was branched out from the widow's family,it wasn't as bad as the widow it's self but i was in the emergency room for about 3 hours,but in all it was a very nice shot.

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Chalcodes In reply to chrisanthumum [2011-02-13 18:08:52 +0000 UTC]

That is unfortunate to hear.. Widow's have nasty little bites =[ Sorry for jumping on the defense, it's just that after years of collecting tarantulas and true spiders, it irks me when I see a comment that generalizes them. I meant no harm =]

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chrisanthumum In reply to Chalcodes [2011-02-14 02:40:32 +0000 UTC]

no problem at all i am a very excessive reader when a book becomes genralized i get defensive and start a whole debate so no worries.

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jiphorse In reply to yougottalosecontrol [2010-07-20 20:56:05 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha thanks! Luckily no arachnophobia here, because the lens was almost touching the spider.

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