Big Ass Spider
There is a big ass spider living on my front porch. I first noticed him Labor Day evening. He had built a big web hanging from the eaves and anchored to the porch railing. He is brown and his body alone is almost the size of a quarter. The first time I saw him he was eating a huge beetle that he had caught in his web. The next morning when I let the dog out about 8am he and his web had completely vanished. Then I started to notice that when I let the dog out just before bed, the spider would be back with a completely new web. Once, instead of attaching the web to the eaves and porch railing, he stretched it out at a 45 degree angle, an 8 foot (or more) hypotenuse to the L formed where the porch juts out from the house. It seemed to float out in space. Mostly he makes his web under the protection of the eaves which worked out especially well in that heavy rainstorm we had a few days ago. I looked for him once during the day to see if I could find where he spends the night, but he must find a cool place in a bush or under the house, because he's nowhere I can find him.
This morning I woke up early, at dawn, and he was still outside, eating what looked to be a fly. I got out my magnifying glass to see if I could see any markings on him and there was an hour glass looking marking a darker brown than his overall lighter brown coloring, no stripes on the legs that I could see. I haven't been able to identify what type of spider he is. Any guesses? I forgot about him until I went to take the dog for a walk around 8 and both the spider and his big ass web were gone. How does he get rid of it? What a neat and tidy spider.
This morning I woke up early, at dawn, and he was still outside, eating what looked to be a fly. I got out my magnifying glass to see if I could see any markings on him and there was an hour glass looking marking a darker brown than his overall lighter brown coloring, no stripes on the legs that I could see. I haven't been able to identify what type of spider he is. Any guesses? I forgot about him until I went to take the dog for a walk around 8 and both the spider and his big ass web were gone. How does he get rid of it? What a neat and tidy spider.