# What's your favorite spider? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 29, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037 "2011-09-29T17:40:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/21 "2011-09-30T01:35:03Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Daring Jumping Spider](http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/daring_jumping_spider.htm). Agreed. I get them in my home and at work. Just about the only spider I would _encourage_ into my home. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/22 "2011-09-30T01:39:10Z")
My vote is with snickers. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/23 "2011-09-30T02:27:10Z")
[This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwlNPhn64TA&feature=related). Don’t blink, you’ll miss him. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/24 "2011-09-30T02:39:11Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Daring Jumping Spider](http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/daring_jumping_spider.htm). Love those guys. But since they were already mentioned, I also have a soft spot for various flower crab spiders like [this one](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenrod_crab_spider), which I find fascinating for their habits of ambusing critters from flowers ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/25 "2011-09-30T02:54:42Z")
Just the common Daddy Longlegs. We’ll leave 'em be in the house until their homebuilding activity gets a little too ambitious, then put them outside. Got one now up in a corner. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/26 "2011-09-30T13:49:02Z")
I like wolf spiders, but only when they are carrying their [babies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iExvxbOILGg&feature=fvwrel). I’ve never seen a face spider, but I’d like to. ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/27 "2011-09-30T14:06:07Z")
Love them all - but at any one time the ones I love most are those I am blogging and so am checking every night. Getting to know individuals is so much fun. Of the current lot, my favourite is the black house spider (toward the bottom of the most recent blog) because she’s doing such cool web decorations. [http://spiderblogger.blogspot.com/](http://spiderblogger.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/28 "2011-09-30T14:28:26Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Like blondebear says, one like this cute one [here](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=jumping+spider&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1236&bih=556&tbm=isch&tbnid=wMWcm-o0OUaOLM:&imgrefurl=http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/01/jumping-spider-eyes.html&docid=f-MyC1tnspGlHM&w=400&h=260&ei=ddqEToy_Cc6rsALQ_JmuDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=766&vpy=204&dur=308&hovh=181&hovw=279&tx=151&ty=56&page=1&tbnh=158&tbnw=219&start=0&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0). OK, so that spider is pretty freaking cute. I’ll give you that one. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/29 "2011-09-30T18:13:33Z")
Golden Orb Weaver. Their spider silk is actually gold-colored which makes their webs very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/30 "2011-09-30T18:27:37Z")
The cartwheeling spider, of course! Who could not love an arachnid whose main mode of locomotion is [doing cartwheels](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XwIXFFVOSA)? I mean, just look at it go! ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/31 "2011-09-30T18:42:00Z")
Radioactive ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/32 "2011-09-30T19:46:42Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Golden Orb Weaver. Their spider silk is actually gold-colored which makes their webs very cool. Yes! And they’re huge (at least the females; the males are teeny in comparison) and really [elegant](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_silk_orb-weaver) and [beautiful](http://www.google.com/search?q=nephila+clavipes&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=583&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=QByGTrGTGYaRgQfLwsD5Cg&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQsAQ). ---
**Author:** ![festiva76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@festiva76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/festiva76)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/33 "2011-09-30T19:58:32Z")
A dead one…I hate the damn things. Of all creatures on this planet, they are my most feared. I would run thru a snake pit and crawl thru a rat’s layer filled with cockroaches before a came purposely close to a spider, regardless of size or poisonisity. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/34 "2011-09-30T20:40:41Z")
_Maratus volans_, the [Peacock](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=the+peacock+spider&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1236&bih=556&tbm=isch&tbnid=Qt8PX8IMbwnhhM:&imgrefurl=http://tashastreasuretrove.blogspot.com/2011/08/nature-continues-to-amaze.html&docid=SMdkZokqHHC4-M&w=320&h=257&ei=IyWGTr2XEcmNsAKUodG9Dw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=693&vpy=152&dur=3957&hovh=201&hovw=251&tx=133&ty=70&page=3&tbnh=155&tbnw=208&start=31&ndsp=11&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:31) [Spider](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=the+peacock+spider&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1236&bih=556&tbm=isch&tbnid=tSZ9fyj8COnpTM:&imgrefurl=http://devilduck.tumblr.com/post/4851360560/the-peacock-spider-of-australia&docid=TBhKfzPJiou-JM&w=500&h=483&ei=IyWGTr2XEcmNsAKUodG9Dw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=260&vpy=197&dur=4274&hovh=221&hovw=228&tx=142&ty=98&page=3&tbnh=155&tbnw=156&start=31&ndsp=11&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:31). And finally, and this one should win the cute-contest hands down, _Phrynarachne sp_ an ultra-cute spider dubbed with a cruel and unfair misnomer common name, the [Bird Shit Crab Spider](http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanlee/3162240803/). ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/35 "2011-09-30T20:49:07Z")
> [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > Mine is the [Black and Yellow Argiope.](http://www.fareshare.net/photos/black_and_yellow_argiope.htm) A couple of months back, there were 7 or 8 of them living in my yard all around the house. Another vote. I always just called them “garden spiders” but they are impressively large, spin neat orb webs, have a distinctive color and actually live in my neck of the woods rather than in some far-off jungle or desert. I think they’re neat. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/36 "2011-09-30T22:16:31Z")
**purplehorseshoe,** I have a present for you! A link to a friend’s bug videos on YouTube. Start with [Reggae Jumping Spiders of Thailand](http://www.youtube.com/user/memutic#p/search/7/3ZLtRfsrCcs). Search his videos for “spider” and you’ll find lots of cool spiders from all over the globe. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/37 "2011-09-30T22:35:23Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > Boris Who? Geez, I crack myself up sometimes… ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/38 "2011-10-01T00:18:30Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > **purplehorseshoe,** I have a present for you! A link to a friend’s bug videos on YouTube. Start with [Reggae Jumping Spiders of Thailand](http://www.youtube.com/user/memutic#p/search/7/3ZLtRfsrCcs). Search his videos for “spider” and you’ll find lots of cool spiders from all over the globe. Thanks for that link, **Troppus** , great videos. Much enjoyed! Agree with all the comments about golden orb weavers - the sun on their webs can be magical - the garden orb weavers and Argiope. I don’t understand people who live with a massive fear of spiders. It’s totally irrational. I guess they get some pleasure from it - like the joy of saying so whenever we arachnophiles rave on about how gorgeous they are. I have been there - I was getting to the stage my arachnophobia was really interfering with my life. So I started studying the little critters to control the fear, overdid the cure and now adore them obsessively. It is not a fear people need to live with. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/39 "2011-10-01T13:40:13Z")
Fiat. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037/40 "2011-10-01T14:47:45Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > [This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwlNPhn64TA&feature=related). Don’t blink, you’ll miss him. A view from orbit would’ve been better 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-spider/598037.md?page=3)