It's a spider, you've been warned.

[AndyS]

[samnsara]

1. ugh..even tho i hate those critters i never kill them..i quickly re-home them outside..

...however, i did learn never to re-home a house spider outside when its in the single digits

[marble falls]

6. We had a California Tarantula in our house in Arizona. It left the kids alone and the kids ...

... left her home in the base of the dining room table alone. She was murder on scorpions and Palmetto bugs.

Every once in a while I'd see her patrolling the kitchen and dining room.

If you have spiders, you need them.

[Wingus Dingus]

10. I try do the same when it's not bitter cold AND they're slow and/or nonthreatening.

Some are scary-looking, too fast to catch, or just unlucky or appear at an inconvenient time (like when I'm getting ready for bed). My husband thinks I'm weird for making the effort to release them outside.

[marble falls]

2. And having been warned I will never do it again. Now then, what's with the spider?

[AndyS]

4. He's a cute little bugger. That's all!

[marble falls]

7. Spiders are pretty good animals to have around, except for a couple; recluses are great buggers ...

... but tricky to live around.

[markie]

3. I love spiders!

great photo!!!

[Blue Dawn]

5. I have no idea what type of spider....

....this is, but I think it is is rather beautiful!

[alfredo]

16. A jumping spider

I watch one stalking it’s prey. I blinked my eyes and it had already captured it’s prey. Fast little bugger.

[George McGovern]

8. Nice AndyS! (The photo, not the spider, necessarily . . .)

[Karadeniz]

9. I prepared myself, I thought. Took into account the legs...NEVER expected that face!!! Visibly

Cringed!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. The warning was very much appreciated, my dear Andy!

Did you refrigerate it?



Great photo!

[AndyS]

13. Not this time. I chased it around the screen of my Chrome Book trying to get a

1:1 macro with decent lighting. He doesn't scurry THAT fast but the target area is only .25x.25 inches!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

12. Cute spider..

[myccrider]

14. Oh, she's beautiful!

Great shot, the ‘hairs’ on her body practically glow. The reflection is a cool effect, too. I love their ‘faces’ with all the eyes. Wouldn’t it be weird but interesting to have so many views of the world?

Like others have said, I usually try to capture spiders and put them back outside (I’m in SoCal, so low temperature isn’t usually a problem). My husband freaks out about them and gets frustrated with me, but I always explain that, overall, spiders are the good guys. Arachnids rock!

[alfredo]

15. A spider with personality