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amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 24, 2019 3:40PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Saw this sucker munchin on a big bug. I suppose it's natures way of scaring off predators. It's abdomen looks like ET's head and is about the size of a dime. Wish I could get better pictures but it's swinging in the wind and I'm no professional!

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That’s a creepy spider man😳

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    :o

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,551 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    The Australians have a silver ounce with a funnel web spider on it.

    Your spider is creepy.... you should hold it in your hand so we have an idea of its size. :D

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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is indeed ugly

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    I see a Danzig Album cover

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  • SiriusBlackSiriusBlack Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And now I'm gonna have nightmares. Thanks very much.......

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  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Size of a DIME?! I'd have to chase my wife down the street, and beg her to come back.

    (For my own self image, I would just ASSUME it was the spider that made her run). ;)

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 18, 2019 12:04PM

    Be glad you don't have to buy shoes for that.....or a truss.

    ;)

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I spend a lot of time in the ocean and I am not scared of any shark.

    Spiders scare the heck out of me.

    So I am glad I unscrewed and checked my fish finder sonar on my kayak before I went out fishing last weekend and found this poisonous Black Widow spider would have crawled to the highest point on the kayak which is me.

    Scares the hell out of me just to think about it ....

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 18, 2019 6:02PM

    YIKES!

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    I spend a lot of time in the ocean and I am not scared of any shark.

    Spiders scare the heck out of me.

    So I am glad I unscrewed and checked my fish finder sonar on my kayak before I went out fishing last weekend and found this poisonous Black Widow spider would have crawled to the highest point on the kayak which is me.

    Scares the hell out of me just to think about it ....

  • cecropiamothcecropiamoth Posts: 969 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Araneus sp., perhaps diadematus.

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Poke it. See what it does.

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In the photo, he is dead because I shot him with a Bug-A-Salt Gun. Made for flies but works great on spiders.

    I highly recommend everyone buying a Bug-A-Salt gun as it works fantastic and is super fun.

  • ACopACop Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @291fifth said:
    Another idea for US quarters: Weird spiders of the US series.

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  • ACopACop Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    I spend a lot of time in the ocean and I am not scared of any shark.

    Spiders scare the heck out of me.

    So I am glad I unscrewed and checked my fish finder sonar on my kayak before I went out fishing last weekend and found this poisonous Black Widow spider would have crawled to the highest point on the kayak which is me.

    Scares the hell out of me just to think about it ....

    Thank god that cricket was around or you would have already been next.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,378 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 18, 2019 6:49PM

    They must have a thing for kayaks, because my friend found this big one in his and I snapped these images. I'm fairly certain that this is a Wolf spider.

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  • lavalava Posts: 3,286 ✭✭✭

    I prefer spiders in slabs.

    I brake for ear bars.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have never liked spiders...However, living in Barbados, I encountered their centipedes.... BIG centipedes...Now those critters are really scary...and poisonous....Cheers, RickO

  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those suckers will chase you, too!

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,257 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This thread got scary, fast! :D

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  • IcollecteverythingIcollecteverything Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭

    Out in the woods today found this one crawling on my arm.....jumped a little. :o Looks similar to the OP? The only spider that ever bit me was a little tiny red one, made my arm swell up though.

    I got bit by one of those gigantic centipedes. Almost immediately I could feel the poison spreading thru my big toe, strange feeling. Put some cortisone cream on the bite and it didn't last very long. I think he didn't get me as bad as possible.

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  • BackroadJunkieBackroadJunkie Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Found this guy at a rest area in Georgia. (The one on I-75 just North of Macon.) It was early morning, and if you weren't careful, you'd run into his web going to the bathroom. (Wouldn't that be fun?)


    And as much as I tried, I have no way to bring this back on-topic to coins... :D

  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,544 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Smash that suckr'

    GrandAm :)
  • ilmcoinsilmcoins Posts: 525 ✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    I spend a lot of time in the ocean and I am not scared of any shark.

    Spiders scare the heck out of me.

    So I am glad I unscrewed and checked my fish finder sonar on my kayak before I went out fishing last weekend and found this poisonous Black Widow spider would have crawled to the highest point on the kayak which is me.

    Scares the hell out of me just to think about it ....

    Last summer I had brown recluses making a home on my boat when it was docked. It was fun when they would come out as we were cruising around. My first instinct was to jump off the boat!! Haha

  • ReadyFireAimReadyFireAim Posts: 1,828 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 19, 2019 3:59PM

    I believe Tom Robbins referred to the banana spider as "a living emblem of evolutionary perversity." :D:D:D

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  • cecropiamothcecropiamoth Posts: 969 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ReadyFireAim said:
    I believe Tom Robbins referred to the banana spider as "a living emblem of evolutionary perversity." :D:D:D

    Beautiful Nephila clavipes. Don't get to see those in Wisconsin unfortunately. Largest I've ever seen in the wild were in a wooded section of a Fort Lauderdale area city park and the high elevations of central Puerto Rico. Orb webs easily 5-6 feet across. The silk is tremendously strong and has been used for fishing nets.

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  • TurboSnailTurboSnail Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 19, 2019 5:51PM

    @BackroadJunkie said:
    Found this guy at a rest area in Georgia. (The one on I-75 just North of Macon.) It was early morning, and if you weren't careful, you'd run into his web going to the bathroom. (Wouldn't that be fun?)
    And as much as I tried, I have no way to bring this back on-topic to coins... :D

    I was bitten by a brown recluse one time in GA. It instantly felt like someone shot me with a electric gun before it got much worst.

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Reminds me of a country barn auction.

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Been watching this thing grow down in the woods the past few weeks and finally hiked down there to give it a look. I've never seen a mushroom this big around here. The dang things 18" in diameter! Maybe I'm being invaded by aliens! :#

  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,616 ✭✭✭✭✭

    plot twist: spiders are aliens

  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,793 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just spoke with a coin friend (he's up to 80 different classic commems) in North Carolina yesterday.
    He got bit by a brown recluse last week. It meant a couple days in the hospital hooked up to an antibiotic IV.

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ouch!

    @thebeav said:
    I just spoke with a coin friend (he's up to 80 different classic commems) in North Carolina yesterday.
    He got bit by a brown recluse last week. It meant a couple days in the hospital hooked up to an antibiotic IV.

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,031 ✭✭✭✭✭

    On the topic of fungi, I just picked 10 lbs. of chanterelles. What a treat! I dry fry the moisture out, bag em and freeze for later. Ya gotta know where to look. Peace Roy

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sometimes I get pretty good sized bumper crops or those on my place. We always fry them up with onions. Those we can't eat we freeze and use in casseroles and such.

    @Namvet69 said:
    On the topic of fungi, I just picked 10 lbs. of chanterelles. What a treat! I dry fry the moisture out, bag em and freeze for later. Ya gotta know where to look. Peace Roy

  • MattTheRileyMattTheRiley Posts: 806 ✭✭✭✭

    @crazyhounddog said:
    That’s a creepy spider man😳

    No, this is a creepy Spiderman!

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool Spider thread.

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Let's mix it up

    Found this while gold mining in the desert right where I was sitting :o:o:o

  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,789 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hunt these every few nights as they can multiply quickly and take over your home. Once they get inside they get everywhere and the sting is nasty. I spray for widows and hunt for these bark scorpions with a black light.
    bob :)

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  • WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Below is an almost semi-numismatic connection. (Kind of like an almost semi-proof-like designation; can't wait for PCGS to use ASPL).
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    I like this post that started the thread back in April by 1630Boston titled:

    Found my first 'Struck Through' Error

    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1017834/found-my-first-struck-through-error

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    @1630Boston said:
    Found my first 'Struck Through' Error :smile:

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    As a bonus here is a good old garden spider. They sometimes get to a few inches in leg span. This one was only about a 3 inch span. Don't know the scientific name.

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @WinLoseWin said:

    Below is an almost semi-numismatic connection. (Kind of like an almost semi-proof-like designation; can't wait for PCGS to use ASPL).
    .
    .

    I like this post that started the thread back in April by 1630Boston titled:

    Found my first 'Struck Through' Error

    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1017834/found-my-first-struck-through-error

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    .

    @1630Boston said:
    Found my first 'Struck Through' Error :smile:

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    ,

    As a bonus here is a good old garden spider. They sometimes get to a few inches in leg span. This one was only about a 3 inch span. Don't know the scientific name.

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    .

    I have one of these between two crepe myrtles in the backyard.
    It is huge.
    My wife thinks I killed it.
    (I didn't.)
    I just have to remind myself when mowing to give it a wide berth.

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mannie gray said:

    My wife thinks I killed it.
    (I didn't.)

    >

    Best line of the day :)

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