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By Springer, the Jumping Spider
 Abigail Argiope is very pleased to meet you. She is decked out in her beautiful colorations of black and yellow on her abdomen and legs. Silvery short hairs envelope her head. Like Aerial, she is an orb weaver, but she adds a zigzag crisscrossed pattern to the middle of her silk web. Her head and abdomen measure one inch, but add the length of her legs, and she more than triples in size. Abby's spider species can be found in Canada and throughout the United States. She is partial to tall grasses, bushes, meadows, and gardens. Flying insects get caught in her web as she awaits their arrival due to their poor judgement of flight patterns. Once caught, they are wrapped in silk, bitten with venom, and devoured. Her large spherical egg sac is made in early autumn. The spiderlings hatch later in the Fall, but stay inside the egg sac/cocoon over the winter months. She dies next to the nest. The babies will make their exodus in the coming Spring.
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Question of the Month:
Are their poisonous spiders in the United States?
Answer: Yes, there are! WIDOW SPIDERS are dangerous to people if they do not receive emergency medical help. The Black Widow lives throughout the southern portion of the United States--coast to coast in its cobweb meshlike retreat. The Northern Widow has a broken red hour glass pattern on the underside of its abdomen. They can be found in quiet wooded areas, stumps, and stone/brick walls. The BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER or violin spider (a dark brown violin shape decorates the top of its head) lives in the southwestern United States. Its venom is also dangerous. They prefer to live in buildings on the floors and behind furniture. They can crawl about on dropped clothing, towels, and shoes during night time hours. Their head and abdomen are 3/8 of an inch in size--sandy brown in color except for the darker brown violin adorning the top of its head. It weaves a loose web of sticky silk. These spiders do not hunt people. It's a matter of being aware of your surroundings. Spiders will defend themselves. |
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