Any Spider Experts?

[boobles]

Whilst cleaning my garage out yesterday i came across this weird looking spider!
It was about the size of a 2 pence coin, tiny little black legs & the body which was big in comparison to it's legs was bright yellow. I mean this thing didn't look like any other spider i have seen before. Are they common or do i have a beast in my garage?

[Sam_68]

Dunno, but after 5,000 posts I'd have thought you'd have realised this is the wrong forum.

Am I the only one who was expecting a question about oil consumption on an Alfa Romeo?

[boobles]

Pah, more people get to read it here rather than in some geeky forum where nobody looks.
& if my question was about an Alfa, it also would have been in the wrong place!

Edited by boobles on Wednesday 3rd March 08:20

[Corpulent Tosser]

If it is black and yellow it is a garden spider and harmless (possibly) if it is yellow it could be a yellow sac spider and dangerous (possibly)

If you stand on it while wearing stout shoes it will be harmless whatever it is.

[Corpulent Tosser]

A black and yellow spider, recently

[boobles]

Corpulent Tosser said:

If it is black and yellow it is a garden spider and harmless (possibly) if it is yellow it could be a yellow sac spider and dangerous (possibly)

If you stand on it while wearing stout shoes it will be harmless whatever it is.

Thank you. It was alot more yellow than black if this helps.

[boobles]

Corpulent Tosser said:

A black and yellow spider, recently

Now i wish this was in my garage!

[cslgirl]

Is this it?



Orb Web Spider

[WorAl]

Was it this?

[boobles]

Nope to either. I will do a search later to try and establish what kind it was. If i see anything that looks like it, i will post the pic up.

[bigTee]

Did it look like this?

[MitchT]

Here's one sitting on my (now ex) girlfriend. I just had to take a photo before I removed it from her

Edited by MitchT on Wednesday 3rd March 12:47

[boobles]

Simular size but jet black legs & almost like a canary yellow body.

[WorAl]

boobles said:

Simular size but jet black legs & almost like a canary yellow body.

Like this one?

[MitchT]

WorAl said:

Like this one?

Awesome

[callyman]

This one?

[boobles]

I have done a google search & none of them look the same. I am beggining to think that what i saw was some sort of inbred garden spider.

[bigTee]

WorAl said:

boobles said:

Simular size but jet black legs & almost like a canary yellow body.

Like this one?

Loving your work.

[poo at Paul's]

WorAl said:

boobles said:

Simular size but jet black legs & almost like a canary yellow body.

Like this one?

Can I borrow that?? I need to pay my credit card bill!

[poo at Paul's]

callyman said:

This one?

What would you have done if he'd said "yes"....?

(right click, Properties "unidentified garden spider"!!)