What is this big ass white striped spider?

[MrDibble]

@scr4

But what’s an orb weaver doing underground??

Buried by a wasp?

[scr4]

@MrDibble

Buried by a wasp?

That would certainly explain it, thank you!!! I knew about mud daubers (we have them around here, they seem to prey on black widows) but I had no idea there were wasps that catch orb weavers and drag them underground.

[TreacherousCretin]

@etasyde

Is this the species in Southern California that builds those frustratingly huge webs everywhere around this time of year (and especially in October)? I bloody hate those things, and as described, they’re tenacious and persistent little devils who insist that every single heavily trafficked walkway must be littered with very strong, very large webs that stretch yards and yards… Or maybe it’s a different species?

I believe you’re referring to the Marbled Orb Weaver, which is indeed an arachnophobe’s nightmare in Summer/Fall San Diego.

[smithsb]

@smithsb

“…big ass white striped spider…”

As legal council for the WSS appreciation league, I must object strenuously to your profane description of WSS anatomy. It is degrading and infantile. Our membership believes body parts should not be shamed; there may be a glandular problem that your sample suffers from. Any continuing or future defamation will be smacked down with a rolled up newspaper.

@jayjay

Huh. You’d think spider culture would value big asses, as it shows a propensity for denser spinneret configurations and therefore a greater aptitude for providing for a family.

There may have been some genetic predilection for enhanced spinneret configurations in the spider’s long and distinguished evolution but I’m on to you using these big words as a sop to my clients. in your smoky back rooms, bars, and locker rooms - it’s big-ass this and big-ass that. You try churning a few hundred offspring and see if some part of your anatomy isn’t stretched and sagging a bit.

All this smacking and spraying is vexing to my clients as well. They would like to point out that without spiders, you humans would be up to your armpits in creepy, crawly, bitey, blood sucking insects in no time. TAKE THAT THOUGHT TO BED WITH YOU!:eek:

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