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 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:10 am Post subject: why are so many spiders active? |
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There seems to be so many spiders active this time of year for some reason. You'd think they'd all be dead or dying from the cold but there are those fine cobwebs that are at face level that you can't see that you walk into. And I just had a small one on me just now that I had to shoo away. Actually, truth be told, I crushed it. It was an accident. 
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Could it be attached to the lifecycle of the spiders. I never specificly looked it up, but it could coincide; a)mating, b) hatching, or c) hatchlings maturing. I don't realy know, I think they are interesting, but I still have a fear of them.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Bradleigh wrote: | | Could it be attached to the lifecycle of the spiders. I never specificly looked it up, but it could coincide; a)mating, b) hatching, or c) hatchlings maturing. I don't realy know, I think they are interesting, but I still have a fear of them. |
Actually spider egg sacs hatch in the spring in North America. --THat being said, the increased spider activity may be the last burst of energy, (Laying eggs, etc) before they die.
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Bradleigh
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Well I haven't looked at there life cycle to the seasons before. The only thing I am going off in terms of the egg sacs hatching is the cartoon Charlots Web which I havent seen in some time.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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There's been a lot of big, fast ones in the bathroom lately 
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gramirez
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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I'm terrified of spiders, sometimes to the point where I scream and cry when I encounter a scary looking one. I guess that doesn't answer your question, but I have been noticing more spiders lately. Trying to get inside, away from the cold, perhaps?
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:32 pm Post subject: I agree |
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Yes, I agree---a lot more spider activity right now. In the cafeteria of the school where I teach the gifted, I saw a huge wolf spider earlier this week. And around buildings there are a lot more cobwebs.
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some are even radio-active..ouch!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject: Spiders |
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| I hate spiders, but I havent noticed many about this past month, which is a good thing. But it regularly drops below 5 degrees C in england so they are probably dead, which is good as I couldent open my window becasue a whole family of spiders had decided to live in my airvent;( |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Warmer conditions mean the spiders will survive longer towards winter, especially as their food is surviving too. They predicted this would happen.
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EW i hate them. i think there are more active because they know i hate them.
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| I don't mind spiders but I must say I love a good looking web by my window. They are very interesting creatures having developed many different ways to hunt and live from the classic web to the more interesting specimens using webbing to live underwater by storing air bubbles |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:57 am Post subject: |
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Inside or outside? I think they come inside this time of year because it's warmer inside. Also, the garden spiders seem to be at their maximum fatness right now. XD So maybe that means it's the end of their life cycle. Maybe now they'll lay eggs and die.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:55 am Post subject: |
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I long for the day when spiders are merely passive...
Actually, I don't mind spiders.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:38 am Post subject: |
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I've got plenty of webs in my apartment, I had the bug control people out here last week. Mostly other spiders, but I've got a few black widows here too. I don't know how I put up with it for so long, but I've got a web right inside this desk. I only recently bought my first broom, they're so expensive. I'm gonna get rid of the webs that remain after the pest pesterers had came.
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