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One of the wonderful joys of exploring! Here are my top 7 nerve-racking abandonment spider encounters and the locations where they were found... in order from the least to the most hellish....
#7. A secluded residential abandonment outside of Toronto harbored this gorgeous yellow-legged beauty in an inside doorway. I almost walked right through its web...
#6: A decrepit cottage on the shoreline of Lake Erie had numerous spiders catching flies coming in off the water. Spanning a broken window was this spiky-legged monster....
#5: A rather new but condemned developer house near Hamilton, Ontario, had this soft, cuddly critter living in the kitchen doorway....
#4: This gorgeous old farmhouse had nylon twine hanging from a light fixture that I almost walked into while backing up to take a photo in the laundry room. I would have brushed right into this orb weaver....
#3: This ruined and overgrown farm was home to a gorgeous, bright red creepy-crawly that I have not encountered since. It was a Neoscona arabesca, aka Arabesque Orbweaver. The unusual colour on this one showed they can be without the spiffy designs on the abdomen that are common to the species and still be gorgeous.
#2: The siding on this windmill farm abandonment was home to a particularly threatening-looking beastie that held its ground for a tight macro. I'm actually almost certain it's also an Arabesque Orbweaver, but a slightly different colour variation. They're harmless and just look nasty in macro.
#1: The old stone dock of the Barclay Estate ruins in Algonquin Provincial Park was home to a dreaded Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider) of particularly large size. I was thrilled when the Australian Museum in Sydney commissioned use of this photo in their Spiders: Fear & Fascination travelling exhibit, which was featured at the Royal Ontario Museum June 2018-Jan 2019 and is currently in Brisbane.
_________________________________________ Well, I do have to say, as nasty as these individuals were, they're still nowhere near as disgusting and horrific as my true exploration nemesis!!.... (looking down my pant leg after a particularly nasty exploration in the Niagara region)
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Some nice pics of the web slingers Spiders are great fun. Various jumping spiders and black widows are a favorites of mine. Both of those get fairly large here in Texas.
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LOVE your spider pics. But, Death to those Ticks! Man! i hope you didnt get nailed by one of those disease infested devils... I cant tell you how MUCH i admire pic # 1. Totally must go in a frame.
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This is cool...great job on these! Spiders have always made me rather nervous, but they are truly amazing creatures. #7 is probably my favorite; I like that spooky glowy look... Thanks for sharing! 😊
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Oooooh, these are great. That last one... fuck.
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Pretty nice collection... especially because I have some what fear of those, even we don't have any poison filled here in Finland. But still when spotting those... gives me creeps. Nice shots you have.
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Going through this a 2nd time, I want to say, 5 is like a storybook image of a spider. It's so perfect & a definite standout! I think it's more unsettling to see a spider indoors, probably because I don't want to think about them being in my home. The simple backdrop of the door, the contrast, and the cotton candy web really make that photo. 7/7 spiders.
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I knew what I was getting into when I read the title, but I did NOT expect macro shots of spiders!! Talk about triggered...
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Here's my contribution -- my cottage mascots, the lovely "Dock Spider" (Dolomedes Arachnida) They can get to be pretty big, I guess they eat well... This one wasn't the largest I've ever seen, but he was pretty big! If you look closely you can see he (or she?) is crossing their front legs!!
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get out the flame thrower for those ticks. FUCK those little demons.
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Posted by RescueMe1060 get out the flame thrower for those ticks. FUCK those little demons.
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That's one critter I'm not missing. Haven't had one on me in 10 years or so. There sometimes in yards with dogs here but are otherwise rare. Kissing bugs are pretty common though and they're worse
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Cool post. Your close ups are amazing! You catch so many details that I would miss.
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Excellent shots dude!! Spiders creep me out, but nothing made my skin crawl like the last two shots of the ticks. I have had them a few times, including once in Southern Ontario, and they just freak me right out. I now spray my clothes with permethrin and my skin with 100% deet anytime I am doing rural explorations. Haven't had a tick on me since I've been doing that.
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