In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 19 Aug 2018 17:14:09 -0400, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 19 Aug 2018 15:25:15 -0400,
wrote:


Is it a tarantula?
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=2757053spider01.jpg

I'd say it is. Some cultures eat taranulas. Done crispy.


I did a google search for " spider identification "
that returned several very good web sites - one was
specifically for North America.
... then I got scared of the photos and had to stop.
John T.

Pussy. :-)
What scared you so badly?


... ss s ss S P I D E R S !

https://puppytoob.com/dog-news/mutan...trending-2014/

John T.

Once in high wchool looked out the window at a bush in front of our
house and there was a big spider with long black legs and a big cream
and pink body. I think it was cream colored with pink dots or lines.

3+ inches total across.

It stayed there for hours. I've never seen anything like it again, irl,
a zoo, or the web.

I looked at https://www.insectidentification.org/spiders.asp
North American Spiders
It is said that some three-quarters of the human population is
intimidated by spiders in one way or another - about 3,400 species
reside in North America alone.

91 spiders but none that look anything like the one I saw I know
spiders all have segmented bodies, but this one didn't seam to. It's
body was what I think is called an oblate circle. A circle that is
moved 20% to the side, so it's 20% longer than wide

Althoujgh maybe I'm forgetting parts nad it was shaped like this, even
though the colors are all wrong:
https://www.insectidentification.org...Silk-Orbweaver

BTW, I've never used the word oblate before and I'll give myself 3
points if I used it right, one point just for using it. I googled and
I can't figure out if I used it right or not.