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Aww.

Looks like some kind of orb-weaver. Eriophora maybe?

If you need it to leave that area you will have to move the spider, not just destroy the web. They like to rebuild them in the same place. Just a heads up! :)

My guess was Eoscona crucifera based on the ventral pattern, but then I'm not totally familiar with orb weavers (jumping spiders are much cuter).

That genus has a fair bit of pattern variation and they tend to have the thick hairy little legs - whereas a lot of orbs tend to have little dainty ones, and they're found all over the world. I think Australian Garden Orbs are Eriophora transmarina or something like that?

You'd probably know better about northern hemisphere spidies though! :)

Well, probably, but entomology is definitely not my area of specialization. I do know that Eriophora ravilla commonly gets mistaken for Neoscona crucifera, but I'm not sure how much range expansion has happened with that Eriophora species in recent years.

I recall visiting the massive collection of specimens of endemic Australian species in the museum in Sydney and just being like, "Holy fuck." at all the spider species. So colorful! And the funnel web specimens were some of the only spiders to ever actually creep me out.

I think I find Redbacks creepier because they're so small and they like the garage and the spaces behind toilets. Funnelwebs in pools are the stuff of nightmares though. Goddamn. They're also really aggressive when you surprise them, and their fangs are pretty nasty.

I'm not an expert either, but it's important to know which ones are the ones you don't want to be bitten by here. That way we can classify them in a very scientific manner as 'good spiders' or 'bad spiders'.

lol Truly the first thing I did upon being in Oz. "Okay, now... what could theoretically kill me with toxins? Probably best to avoid that."

Although I really only saw quite a lot of Argiope and one or two Nephila, probably due to being able to spot the classic X-pose and the sheer size of the Nephila.

I was more interested in the wild wallabies and lyrebirds when I was out hiking haha.

We do have a lot of cute and interesting things to see that get a bit forgotten when people are concerned about dying.

Unfortunately, the summer roach and mosquito invasion has begun. I hate living near restaurants and a stagnant creek. It's the worst spot for both.

The poor dog trod on a bee and got stung between the toes the other day. :( I tried not to laugh but he flopped on the lounge like a big drama queen and stuck his paw out at me and made sad dying noises. He made a miraculous recovery a few minutes later and ripped open the bag of frozen veggies I was holding against his foot to cool it down, and then he spread them all over the house and started eating them, but when I looked at him he lifted up his paw like 'don't be mad at me, I am mortally wounded'. Little shit.

Didn't you know that frozen vegetables only cure bee stings in canines if they are consumed orally? I mean, geez. Your dog is just trying to let you in on the latest scientific advances.

My cat was stupid enough to walk directly onto the glass top burner while my SO was cooking. Luckily I was nearby to avert disaster and grab him off of it before he could further injure himself.

My SO, on the other hand, was stupid enough to let him onto the stove while she was cooking because she "didn't think he would do it".

Such a scolding was had.

Haha. He is pretty considerate! He doesn't jump on the lounge with me when I nap. He sits on the floor next to me and watches me sleep. I'm not sure yet if it's cute or creepy.

Oh no. Nearly had cat for dinner :( They're not stupid, but sometimes their curiosity outweighs any common sense.

I just accidentally made myself pass out because I was trying to clean up and hide all the medical shit before someone came over. Now I'm all sweaty and shaky and I can't fix my hair because my hands are too weak to plait it. Why can I type but not hold hair? Ugh.

It's true. Cats mostly aren't stupid animals.

Except for mine. He is the dumbest cat I have ever owned. He would manage to nearly strangle himself if I gave him a toy with a string attached. He is dumb enough that he thinks any new object is an enemy and he must attack it by viciously batting it with his paw to make sure it is dead.

He also thinks my fuzzy blanket is his main girlfriend, and every single article of clothing that my SO leaves on the floor is his secondary girlfriend. He croons sweet love songs while kneading them and trying to hump the shit out of them (and then falls over because he can't find a hole).

:( Man fuck that. Should've just left the medical shit where it was. Hair > clutter.

Your cat sounds kind of ridiculous. Entertaining, though!

It was humid like a sauna yesterday anyway. It was never going to be a good hair day for anyone.
We just lay under the air conditioner and died together. Hanging out in summer just means that we'll all do nothing together instead of separately.

looool yeah man I was there in the spring and it was still kind of nope. Initially way colder and then WAAAYY hotter than I was used to.

Made for very nice hiking though!

Yeah, the local pest control people destroyed the web once but it's already back. I'm going to try and see if they can come by and trap it.

Some part of me still feels guilty about it, haha. It is a pretty enterprising spider - building a web in front of a window, which will have light shining out of it at night, strikes me as rather smart for attracting prey.

Moths are both plentiful and delicious. Just ask bats!

They are pretty smart about finding good spots!
The orb-weavers we had in our garden would build across gaps in the trees and bushes that insects would fly through. Otherwise known as paths.

The amount of times I'd walk straight into those webs and have spiders stuck to me. Ugh.

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