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sl8

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Tue Oct 12, 2021, 10:24 PM Oct 2021

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Jesus Christ, I don't count inducing a heart attack as harmless... RockRaven Oct 2021 #1
Apparently good for generating silk.... mbusby Oct 2021 #2
I remember seeing massive spiders and spider webs in GA in the 70s jpak Oct 2021 #3
Pretty Ka-Dinh Oy Oct 2021 #4
She is beautiful. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #6
Crap. I'll bet they're pushing out garden orb weavers. eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 #5
I have about 5 of their webs in my yard in SC SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #7

RockRaven

(16,422 posts)
1. Jesus Christ, I don't count inducing a heart attack as harmless...
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 10:33 PM
Oct 2021

My definition of harm is not limited to envenomation and/or predation... Scaring the life out of someone is included.

mbusby

(825 posts)
2. Apparently good for generating silk....
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 11:18 PM
Oct 2021

From wikipedia...

"Researchers led by Masao Nakagaki at Shinshu University, Japan, have succeeded in creating a silk thread that is stronger, softer, and more durable than conventional silk by injecting silkworm eggs with genes of the spider. The silkworms that hatch weave cocoons containing 10% spider protein. The dragline silk is said to have many uses, such as bulletproof vests, sutures after an operation, tennis rackets, fishing line, and nets. A Japanese manufacturer, Okamoto, had begun developing commercial applications for the spider silk, and planned to release extra-thin, durable spider socks by 2010."

jpak

(41,780 posts)
3. I remember seeing massive spiders and spider webs in GA in the 70s
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 11:54 PM
Oct 2021

You just didn't go out in the woods.

Yikes

Ka-Dinh Oy

(11,686 posts)
4. Pretty
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 01:42 AM
Oct 2021

OldBaldy1701E

(6,464 posts)
6. She is beautiful. (n/t)
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 07:18 AM
Oct 2021

eppur_se_muova

(37,548 posts)
5. Crap. I'll bet they're pushing out garden orb weavers.
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 02:48 AM
Oct 2021

And I'm sorry, but that web looks like shit. Nothing like the lovely, intricately symmetrical orb webs I see around here.

SCantiGOP

(14,288 posts)
7. I have about 5 of their webs in my yard in SC
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 09:50 AM
Oct 2021

As far as being harmless to humans, that does not really convey the feeling if you walk into a web and see a spider the size of your face looking at you.

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