Re: OT-Help! new type spider on the loose

In a message dated 8/25/02 2:20:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
justme@prairieinet.net writes:


> I have an unusual type spider that in this neck of the woods-- is a
> first here :) 

Donna, may be new for you, but I've seen and loved this spider since I was a 
kid. We always called it a "banana spider"--although tropical bananas and 
spiders do not exist in Cincinnati. I have no idea what it's true common or 
scientific name is. I spotted one in my own garden yesterday and admired 
his/her handsomeness. That latticing in the center of their webs is common 
too.  

This is a BIG spider for this area and I wouldn't want it crawling on me. But 
I surely wouldn't kill it. In fact, I go out of my way to avoid harming 
spiders.  Some day, if you've eradicated all the spiders, you'll discover an 
alarming increase in undesirable insects.
Bill Lee

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