tmm99
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Thank you very much for your posts!
Argiope spider it is! I checked out the images of the spider and the web patterns, and it gave me the willies big time. They are some kind of scary ugly looking things!!!
He was going at it again today since I took the first photo yesterday - This photo also shows zigzag patterns, but they are single threaded. I imagine by tomorrow, they will be double threaded like the first photo I took. (You may have to enlarge this... the web pattern is on the right side of the vertical pole.)
No, I haven't seen the spider yet, so it's possible it's some other spider, I guess. If I do see the spider, I will definitely take a photo and post it here. Thank you!Have you seen the argiope spider weaving the web? Any photos? I'm not saying you're wrong it just I have seen a lot of argiope spider webs but I never saw one like that, it is quite interesting. They are beautiful but kinda creepy at the same time. Any long legged spider whose legs taper to a point give me the willies!
Around 1971 I presented a literary based seminar on drug effects on web-building spiders. I don't recall the scientist who conducted the actual research but the spider used was Araneus diadimatus that would consistantly weave the same web construction of radiating strands with concentric circles each day. It has been about 40 years but I recall two of the results that were particularly interesting at the time. When given LSD the web showed no appreciable change in pattern but when given caffeine it looked like a cob-web.
Maybe this spider had an extra latte that morning.
Cheers!
Around 1971 I presented a literary based seminar on drug effects on web-building spiders. I don't recall the scientist who conducted the actual research....