# Identification of an 8 legged beast

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identification-of-an-8-legged-beast/726221>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2015, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identification-of-an-8-legged-beast/726221 "2015-07-26T09:20:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![R34L1ty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@R34L1ty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R34L1ty)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identification-of-an-8-legged-beast/726221/1 "2015-07-26T09:20:34Z")

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What type of spider is this, and what’s with the Web? Taken in southern Michigan [http://postimg.org/image/mh29vzjg5/](http://postimg.org/image/mh29vzjg5/)

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**Author:** ![R34L1ty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@R34L1ty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R34L1ty)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identification-of-an-8-legged-beast/726221/2 "2015-07-26T09:46:04Z")

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Oh nevermind, it appears to be a common garden spider…there is debate among why spiders “decorate” their web. I was thrown by the sheer size of this death tank on legs

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identification-of-an-8-legged-beast/726221/3 "2015-07-26T15:18:01Z")

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She needs to work on her spelling. I think that’s supposed to say “some pig”.

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identification-of-an-8-legged-beast/726221/4 "2015-07-26T15:23:01Z")

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The spider is a New York Yankees fan. If you tilt your head to the right, You can see “NY Yxxxxx” in the web.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identification-of-an-8-legged-beast/726221/5 "2015-07-26T19:28:32Z")

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