Yes, I posted this on the FFAC. Am reposting to share the GAH!

[graycalls]

So. I have these spiders lurking outside my house. There's about 5 or 6 of them, scattered around the place. Three are living near each other, and two live way off, so I'm not sure what's up with that. Behind the cut are pics, so does anyone know what the slag these are, and whether or not I should Kill Them With Fire?

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[ace_of_the_arts]

...Urk!!! D:

[graycalls]

It gets better~ One of them lives right next to the front door!

[ace_of_the_arts]

Ew! That's disgusting and I'm not even an arachnaphobe!

...are they ginormous? *morbid curiosity*

[graycalls]

Well, I think I found them on wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_garden_spider

They are pretty large, though, about an inch across?

[ace_of_the_arts]

...utterly nasty.

It looks like the two at the bottom match up, but the top one has different patterning.

[ace_of_the_arts]

Though it does have the z-shape in its web.

[graycalls]

*Nodnod* Ianam (aka: my spider expert) agrees with me, so that's awesome. These guys are all female, and all harmless to anything other than bugs. And we have a ton of bugs here, so I have no issues with them moving in.

[ace_of_the_arts]

Just as long as you don't run into a web or two, or get them on you... amiright?

[graycalls]

Pfft. We have spiders all over the place here. I'm Very good at seeing webs by now.

[ace_of_the_arts]

*twitch*

*wrinkles nose*

...Ew. But at least you're good at seeing them?

(PS, what do you think about my icon? I just made it, and you gave me the perfect excuse to use it. *snicker*)

[graycalls]

*Grins* Yeppers! After all, after running into five a day during breeding season, you learn quickly. That, and go out early, while the dew's still on the fragging things.

[ace_of_the_arts]

If there's dew, everything's fine, but if I run into a web that I don't know is there, I might go all, omgspidersspiders!!! *shivers* I get the shivers just thinking about it, literally.

[graycalls]

*Patpat* Spider webs are nasty nasty things.