01-04-2017, 09:03 PM
spiny backed orb-weavers (often called crab spiders) ... I'm just going to keep calling them crap spiders since the shell is very tough and they crunch when stepped on. Everyone else called them that, so that's that.
Back on maui, there were tons of them... Big island, not so much ... or at least, I haven't noticed them around here. I wonder if the geckos would eat them? Probably not... Once I did a little experiment, I got one of those larger spiders, the kind that put lightning bolts into it's web... Well, I tossed one into a crab spiders web... Guess who won? Yes, the crab spider, chewing off leg by leg. Oh well, I was rooting for the bigger one.
The joys of living in hawaii! Thankfully, I have not been bitten by a crab spider, but I hear they have a strong bite, and by the way they destroyed the other spider, I can see why!
Back on maui, there were tons of them... Big island, not so much ... or at least, I haven't noticed them around here. I wonder if the geckos would eat them? Probably not... Once I did a little experiment, I got one of those larger spiders, the kind that put lightning bolts into it's web... Well, I tossed one into a crab spiders web... Guess who won? Yes, the crab spider, chewing off leg by leg. Oh well, I was rooting for the bigger one.
The joys of living in hawaii! Thankfully, I have not been bitten by a crab spider, but I hear they have a strong bite, and by the way they destroyed the other spider, I can see why!