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  1. 24th February 2021, 08:59 PM #1
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    Another Spider?

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    So, we have these spiders hanging of the roadhouse shed with huge webs. There is a few of them, some about 7cm or so, some much smaller, males.
    They seem to have lots of egg sacks.
    Anybody familiar with these?
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  2. 24th February 2021, 09:04 PM #2
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    Another Spider?

    Quote Originally Posted by jonesfam View Post
    Anybody familiar with these?
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    I think its just a garden orb-weaving spider. Great web builders.
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    Yup, looks armless
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    yep, orb spiders Garden Orb Weaving Spiders - The Australian Museum

    We have the longer front legged ones around Yass like in your picture. The "egg sacs are probably prevoius dinners. They start of pretty small and by the end of summer have grown substantially.

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    If you have ever ridden a horse or a bike in the bush early in the morning you will have had those very sticky webs wrapped around your face at some speed.

    Not very pleasant...but gets the adrenaline going for the day!
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    I'm not worried about them just fascinated.
    The big ones are quite large & they seem to have lots of smaller ones around them.
    So far we have found 3 big ones.
    They are up high & out of the way though a couple of my female staff are giving them a wide berth.
    Half my staff are afraid of green frogs so you can imagine what spiders & snakes do to them.
    Happily beat a goanna to death with a short stick but a green frog freaks them out?
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    When I was working in PNG we had a spider outside the carport that was the size of a bat - if you threw sticks into its web it would walk over and remove them. We came back onsite one time and it wasn’t there - and we did a really thorough search of our house before settling back in ....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arapiles View Post
    When I was working in PNG we had a spider outside the carport that was the size of a bat - if you threw sticks into its web it would walk over and remove them. We came back onsite one time and it wasn’t there - and we did a really thorough search of our house before settling back in ....
    That’s a big spider…

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