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NHKathy Senior Member Registered: September 2004 Location: Moultonborough when I can / RI Posts: 699	Found this guy in a birch tree near the dock. Yup, that's his eye glowing green....
	· Date: Thu September 10, 2009 · Views: 5169 · Filesize: 32.0kb, 477.9kb · Dimensions: 2048 x 1536 ·
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Rattlesnake Gal

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Registered: November 2003
Location: Central NH
Posts: 5,252

Thu September 10, 2009 11:39pm

Hi NHKathy! I didn't think they could orb webs. The glowing is is extremely creepy! Yuck!

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ApS

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Registered: January 2005
Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro
Posts: 5,788

Fri December 11, 2009 2:41pm

That's not a true web for catching prey as these are "wolf" spiders. It's woven to secure the tan/pink egg case that "Mom" has been carrying around. (Case is the size of a dollar coin). I poked at one of those "webs" trying to get some adhesive spider-silk for a boat project—found it wasn't sticky—then branches started shaking and "Mom" came out. "Who goes there?"

Even creepier is finding one in a flashlight beam: They have eight glowing eyes!

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