/an/, I need your help researching this spider I found outside my house in Ohio. My housemates and I want to keep it for a pet? Anyone know what it is so that I can find out how bad an idea this is?Picture is the back.If a picture of the front is needed, I will get it, but the thing kinda scares me... It is about 3 inches long.
>>163911Isn't that what every anon says to every spider question?
>>163911No no. This one is a hobo spider.
>>163915Thank you, anon. Male argiope it is.Time to find a habitat for this guy.
>>163908It's a garden spider. I wouldn't keep it as a pet, it'd probably be hard to feed and wouldn't survive anyway. They're completely harmless.
>>163916No, normally I say something like "black fishing recluse", but I am feeling particularly unhelpful today. Enjoy your harmless spider.
>>163908your daily insect identificationNot an insect.
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come on, look at the damn web. its just some orb-weaver spider.totally harmless, abiet a big large in size. just remember to throw a live cricket into teh web every couple of day and it should be fine.
Let it be so it reproduces and eats flys and mosquitoes.I keep a bit of track of the spiders on my property, got a shitload of funnel weavers. A few arboreal orb weavers too, very pretty.
ORLY owl would eat you alive
>>163920female Argiope aurantiahttp://bugguide.net/node/view/2025 the males are smaller and don't look as nice.