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HoneyBadger
10-18-2015, 16:37
Found this thing in my backyard. Actually, it was hanging about 10 feet away from my roofline and about 10 feet away from the tree at the other end of its massive web. When it saw me, it scurried over to the tree. The web was very strong and could easily support the weight of the 6ft wooden trellis stake that I was using to take it down. It was only about 15 feet away from where I sleep at night... [panic]

Any idea what it is?

http://i.imgur.com/b6hVPYR.jpg

Best photo I could get to show it's size (Fat part of it's body is about 3/4" across):
http://i.imgur.com/1uVeblB.jpg

Close up of its face:
http://i.imgur.com/nJWwwXM.jpg
Irving
10-18-2015, 16:42
That's a tic.
Irving
10-18-2015, 16:43
Just kidding. I have no idea.
ray1970
10-18-2015, 16:47
Maybe one of our resident arachnologists will be by shortly.

It's a creepy looking thing whatever it is.
Skip
10-18-2015, 16:50
My vote is orb weaver.

Huge annoying webs but very beneficial if you have garden. We have a family in the back yard. They don't bother us until you walk through one of their webs.
sniper7
10-18-2015, 16:51
That's a killitwithfire spider. Part of the needstodienow family or arachnids.
roberth
10-18-2015, 16:54
My vote is orb weaver.

Huge annoying webs but very beneficial if you have garden. We have a family in the back yard. They don't bother us until you walk through one of their webs.

I think it is an orb weaver too.
TRnCO
10-18-2015, 16:54
I believe it is a catface....
Gunner
10-18-2015, 17:04
Cat face spider

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Gunner
10-18-2015, 17:04
Its harmless.

http://entomology.wsu.edu/outreach/bug-info/cat-face/

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Gunner
10-18-2015, 17:06
Actually it's probably not a cat face. Looking at the second pic closer

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BushMasterBoy
10-18-2015, 17:13
It is obviously a Rocky Flats spider, I can't believe metro people live there!
bellavite1
10-18-2015, 17:20
Crabs?
wyome
10-18-2015, 17:24
You're lucky to be alive.....
WETWRKS
10-18-2015, 17:36
Actually it's probably not a cat face. Looking at the second pic closer

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I have been seeing some odd spiders that I suspect are cat face spiders but different from the typical look. They have been everywhere this fall.
Colorado Osprey
10-18-2015, 17:42
Ive had the same thing living in one of my window wells since mid summer. They are huge!
brutal
10-18-2015, 18:01
Looks like a mini mobile Big Mac. Kill it and taste the special sauce inside to confirm.
HoneyBadger
10-18-2015, 18:04
Looks like a mini mobile Big Mac. Kill it and taste the special sauce inside to confirm.
Since I have a garden that is struggling to deal with numerous insects, I transplanted it to my garden to see if it makes a home there. No special sauce tasting this time. ;)
Rooskibar03
10-18-2015, 18:07
Who cares.

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah253/Rooskibar03/782a97c1a3749515ccef88aaf155aff6_zps5c1456er.jpg
WETWRKS
10-18-2015, 18:31
Since I have a garden that is struggling to deal with numerous insects, I transplanted it to my garden to see if it makes a home there. No special sauce tasting this time. ;)

Nice :D
Gcompact30
10-18-2015, 18:31
That's a big scary looking MTF.......
KS63
10-18-2015, 19:14
Don't care what kind of spider it is. Run!
Bailey Guns
10-18-2015, 19:16
I think it's an orb weaver, too. Saw them all the time in at the house in Bailey. They seem to be pretty harmless. Unless you have sex with them. The females eat the males after sex.
TEAMRICO
10-18-2015, 19:16
Yeah sleep tight tonight, good luck with that! ............did you see that? Over on the dresser.......
Gman
10-18-2015, 20:04
http://youtu.be/aCbfMkh940Q
BPTactical
10-18-2015, 20:39
That's a killitwithfire spider. Part of the needstodienow family or arachnids.

Concur x 87

Although I like watching the orb weaver spin it's Web I hate the bastards in the mornings. Nothing like walking through a Web on the way to your truck when your half asleep.
2008f450
10-18-2015, 21:46
I think you need more than a 9mm for that one. Better go straight to .50 cal to be safe.
wyome
10-18-2015, 22:00
http://youtu.be/aCbfMkh940Q


we really need a like button for moments like this
TFOGGER
10-18-2015, 22:02
Concur x 87

Although I like watching the orb weaver spin it's Web I hate the bastards in the mornings. Nothing like walking through a Web on the way to your truck when your half asleep.

Everyone becomes a ninja when they walk through a spider web...
Gman
10-18-2015, 22:21
Although I like watching the orb weaver spin it's Web I hate the bastards in the mornings. Nothing like walking through a Web on the way to your truck when your half asleep.

http://youtu.be/ZgNlFDVEkFI
OtterbatHellcat
10-18-2015, 22:22
Everyone becomes a ninja when they walk through a spider web...

It's an Orb Spider, and YEAH Fogger, aint that the truth.....lol.
TheGrey
10-18-2015, 22:24
I think it's a cat-faced spider as well. This photo looks a lot like your picture:

https://www.google.com/search?q=cat+face+spider+colorado&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIr_Csu9fNyAIVAudjCh12yA44#imgr c=leXeYToWG3Jr4M%3A
Gman
10-18-2015, 22:32
In your Colorado garden, spiders are mostly superheroes (except one) (http://www.denverpost.com/homegarden/ci_28208116/your-colorado-garden-spiders-are-mostly-superheroes-except)

Catface spider image in this article looks similar to the OP photo.
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2015/0529/20150529_124205_Spider-1.jpg
buffalobo
10-19-2015, 04:22
Cat face spiders and Orb Weavers are from same family of spiders, everybody was correct. Weather this year helped with bumper crop.

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Lex_Luthor
10-19-2015, 08:48
I have a couple at my house too. I always see they have a pretty good catch, so I leave them alone.
drift_g35
10-19-2015, 11:06
Those spiders are actually pretty cool. I had one build a web in front of a wasp nest at my house. Started off about the size of a lima bean, it just disappeared for the winter and it was roughly the size of a half dollar. It probably didnt help that I found grasshopppers and threw them into its web for dinner.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5701/22120882468_d8c3bbbc64_b.jpg
Bailey Guns
10-19-2015, 15:52
Cat face spiders and Orb Weavers are from same family of spiders, everybody was correct.

Yay! Do we all get trophies?

[Coffee]
sniper7
10-19-2015, 16:08
Yay! Do we all get trophies?

[Coffee]

i think everyone who posted, whether they were useful or not deserves participation trophies. We are all winners!
buffalobo
10-19-2015, 16:26
The prizes are awesome this year. 10,000 spider eggs about to hatch for every participant.






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brutal
10-19-2015, 16:33
P.S. That thing looks bigger than the mouse I caught last night.

Worthless cat scared it into a pouch on a gun case and couldn't get it (no front claws). I got it out with a tongs after pulling out the mags.

Now, experience has taught me that if there's one baby mouse to be caught...