r/spiders • u/Reasonably-crazy • 8h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Found this Beautiful Garden spider today

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She didn’t have a web and it’s getting pretty cold here, I’m gonna take her home and see if she’ll lay eggs since she looks gravid. Hopefully I can save her spiderlings.

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u/Error-InvalidName 5h ago

They are so gentle, it amazed me the first time I got to pick up one of these large girls.

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u/Reasonably-crazy 4h ago

They are! The first ever spider a had as a pet was one of these when I was about 13. They’re fascinating to watch.

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u/ChaosIncarnate11 Ooo a spider! 🕷️ 5h ago

She might have already wrapped her babies up somewhere and be in her golden days. I think it’s super sweet of you to bring her to the warm to fade comfortably though.

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u/reddit33450 i love all the spood friends 8h ago

what do you mean by "take her home"? where are you gonna release her?

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u/Reasonably-crazy 7h ago

I’m going to take her to my house and set up an enclosure for her and hopefully she’ll lay her eggs in it. She was curled up when I found her with no web, I’m guessing from the cold.

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u/reddit33450 i love all the spood friends 7h ago

leave her outside! the process at this time of year is part of nature

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u/Reasonably-crazy 7h ago

No I think I’ll give her a safe space at my home, I’m not inexperienced with this species or spiders as a whole. And with the invasive Joro spiders I’ve seen a decline of garden spiders in my area, I’m going to do what I can to help the species.

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u/shockadin1337 28m ago

I wish i saw more of them, they used to surround the house and now all i see is joro spiders :( have not found a single garden spider all year

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u/HauntingPsyche 4h ago

Humans are a part of nature too. And this human is stepping in to give this spider an easier and more comfortable ending to her life. Or comfortable time being. Whatever happens.