There was an orange, multi-legged, crab-esque, spider-looking thing that smiled at a Lake Country resident as she went for a walk through her yard with her boyfriend91裸聊视频檚 daughter.
The woman, Julie Jardine, had never seen a spider quite like the one she saw on July 25.
91裸聊视频淚 thought it was pretty,91裸聊视频 Jardine said. 91裸聊视频淚t was really dormant91裸聊视频攊t didn91裸聊视频檛 move at all.91裸聊视频
Her post in Lake Country Rant and Rave garnered over 30 comments and even three 91裸聊视频渉eart91裸聊视频 likes.
By the end of the thread, it was concluded that the insect is a 91裸聊视频済arden orb weaver,91裸聊视频 according to Brooke Turner; er91裸聊视频 no wait91裸聊视频擫isa Daniel said it91裸聊视频檚 a 91裸聊视频減opcorn spider91裸聊视频 and perhaps even a 91裸聊视频済ood bug eater.91裸聊视频 Jan Miller seemed to agree, writing, 91裸聊视频淵es good spider, I have lots. They stay near their web all year and eat bugs. (It) won91裸聊视频檛 bother you!91裸聊视频
Wait, though: according to Lois Roper and Marian Thompson, it is an orb spider of some sort.
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But Lynn Mcglynn-Aisha said it belongs to the same family as a cats eye spider, which is her favourite spider. Sadly, though, commenter Seth Hudecz would try to stomp a spider that looked like the cat91裸聊视频檚 eye spider because 91裸聊视频渋t doesn91裸聊视频檛 look nearly as happy as the other one.91裸聊视频
Nadine Kozub Enright wouldn91裸聊视频檛: she said she loves them.
Chad Royer said it looks like an orangutang spider, cracker, or a crab and Roxy Reid would agree, saying it looks like a 91裸聊视频渂roken Ritz cracker91裸聊视频 and Ruth Pettipas would also agree, saying it91裸聊视频檚 a 91裸聊视频渟pider crab.91裸聊视频
Robb Bennett, a research associate with the Royal BC Museum that specialized is arachnology (the study of spiders), concluded that it is an orb-weaving garden spider, under the category of Araneus spiders.
He said it is tough for him to distinguish what the exact species is, it looks to be a garden cross spider.
He said they are not dangerous to anyone, other than the things that they feed upon.
91裸聊视频淕arden spiders are one of the most common types of spiders found around the world. In B.C., they are very common just about everywhere from sea level to high alpine,91裸聊视频 Bennett said.
But Bennett, what about the smile?
91裸聊视频淟ot91裸聊视频檚 of spiders have patterned abdomens and a few are famous for looking like smiley-faces, most notably the Hawaiian happy-face spider, Theridion grallator,91裸聊视频 he said. 91裸聊视频淗owever, most garden spiders do not have smiley patterns!91裸聊视频
In 2017, Bennett concluded that there are 859 spider species confirmed from British Columbia.
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Since posting, the wee spider left its original abode, without warning Jardine; who now wears shoes when walking in her yard.
Perhaps, before science and knowledge and everything else that could identify this friendly neighbourhood spider tried to figure out what it was, it could be as simple as what Colby A. Still said it was:
91裸聊视频淎 friend.91裸聊视频
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