Be afraid (Ken), be very afraid (Ken)...

crocoite · Post by **crocoite** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:40 am

...and any other arachnaphobes...

The first is a nicodamus species, possibly Nicodamus bicolor or Red-and-Black Spider, so called because its...well you can see what it is!

Possibly related to the highly venomous Australian redback but toxicity level not known...this specimen is about 4mm long.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:30 am

You know that little red spider is kind of pretty but all of them better be "afraid" of my size 9 1/2 boot but then again of one gets on me, everyone in the area might want to be cautious, due to the fact I can get a little wild, i.e. flying debries, unknown or unimagined objects becoming high velocity projectiles and just plain throwing a fit, while the spider crawls away with a big grin on its face.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:52 am

That red spider is a real beauty Steve. I do not think I have ever seen a bright red spider. Excellent job on all the pictures. Ken, my mother was like that...if she got a bug on here, she would windup beating the hell out of herself and the bug would be long gone.

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:41 pm

Cool spiders!

That #2 looks a bit as like as on my earlier post - spider fighting with wasp.

crocoite · Post by **crocoite** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:41 pm

Thanks guys. Thought you'd like them Ken! In fact, so much so that I've used the red one for a new avatar.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:55 am

Makes a nice avatar actually