I have these extremely large, beige in color with black dashes across their back and look, I think kind of fuzzy spiders outside around my house and they hang in their webs upside down. I just want to know what kind they are and if their posionous and who I can call to come and look at them and hopefully get rid of them and their nests!!!!
2006-10-16 16:41:53 · 2 answers · asked by DoodleBug 1 in Environment
scorpions!
2006-10-16 16:55:50 · answer #1 · answered by Frank R W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it look like these spiders?
http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/invertebrate/european_cross_spider/european_cross_spider_03tfk.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/invertebrate/european_cross_spider/european_cross_spider_05tfk.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/wildlifeweb/invertebrate/european_cross_spider/european_cross_spider_04tfk.jpg
If so, it is a European Garden Spider (Cross Spider). It is difficult to provoke them to bite. And, if they do, they are harmless. I would leave them alone. I've seen probably ten of them around my house this past summer and fall.
I believe the only poisonous spider in Michigan is the Black Widow.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007974/media/2_4bla.jpg
I've seen Black and Yellow Argiopes around, as well. These are even bigger than the Cross Spider.
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/Arthropods/Black%20and%20Yellow%20Garden%20Spider/byargiope8m1.jpg
And, I've seen a Wasp Spider (Argiope) too. These are around the same size as the Black and Yellow Argiope.
http://brianhstone.fireflyinternet.co.uk/images/argiope_bruennichi_7aug05_800_20.jpg
2006-10-17 02:37:41 · answer #2 · answered by AF 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋