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She's been hanging out by my garage for a few weeks now. I've fed her a few random bugs. I feel like I should name her. Any suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I always call spiders Legs. Unless they're jumping spiders, then they're Portia.

[–] Scubus 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nah, jumping spiders mist be reffered to as "lil jumpy bois"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

You gotta read Aaron Tchaikovsky's Children of Time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I call those Sprite. Cause they look like lemon and lime.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

This name is really resonating with me. I think she shall be Bernadette.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Goldie Orbison

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Hastur maybe? Like from The King in Yellow

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[–] Varyk 4 points 10 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

“I call the big one Bitey.” —Homer Simpson

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not sure on a name, but nice spider! This is the closest I've seen to one I saw in Minnesota one time. It had similar markings, but the body was black and white, and the legs were red and green striped. When I describe it to people it sounds like I was hallucinating.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Probably a banded garden spider, or perhaps an orbweaver, they get really colorful. Both are pretty common in Minnesota. Here's some examples of Orchid Orbweavers, which often have a lot of bright green coloration. https://usaspiders.com/leucauge-venusta-orchard-spider/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's a Joro spider, Trichonephila clavata.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Was trying to help the parent poster find the spider he saw in Minnesota, USA.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Neat! Those do both resemble it, but it looks more like the photo here in terms of shapes and color patterns.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago
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Dimitrescue

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago
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Arachne. Classic(al).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The Silk Spectre. Madame Web. Lady Arachne.