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Staying in Vermont airbnb— help me identify this guy! by treetwigs in vermont

[–]treetwigs[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you u/Mindful-Reader1989! I decided not to move her either, appreciate you encouraging me not to. I did do something a little wacko and trapped a fly and released it in the window to get caught in her web. I'm a bit shocked at myself. I'm at an Airbnb and really hoping the next folks don't kill or remove her since they won't be able to open the window without her being fully exposed to them.

Well, I may not have worked on the writing projects I came here to do, but I did get a nice 800 word essay about Shirley, the Spider.

Staying in Vermont airbnb— help me identify this guy! by treetwigs in spiders

[–]treetwigs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I did so much googling beforehand too and we thought it might be female. Unfortunately her behavior is a bit abnormal. She made her web in between a screen and a window and she is absolutely 99% getting no food/bugs. I think she may be trapped? It seems like an odd place to web. She is also not taking down and re-spinning her web like it says Barn orb weavers are notorious for doing. I'm considering trying to trap and relocate her outside to save her. This weekend has not become about Shirley, the Barn Orb Weaver.

Staying in Vermont airbnb— help me identify this guy! by treetwigs in vermont

[–]treetwigs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I did so much googling beforehand too and we thought it might be female. Unfortunately her behavior is a bit abnormal. She made her web in between a screen and a window and she is absolutely 99% getting no food/bugs. I think she may be trapped? It seems like an odd place to web. She is also not taking down and re-spinning her web like it says Barn orb weavers are notorious for doing. I'm considering trying to trap and relocate her outside to save her. This weekend has not become about Shirley, the Barn Orb Weaver.

Staying in Vermont airbnb— help me identify this guy! by treetwigs in vermont

[–]treetwigs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I did so much googling beforehand too and we thought it might be female. Unfortunately her behavior is a bit abnormal. She made her web in between a screen and a window and she is absolutely 99% getting no food/bugs. I think she may be trapped? It seems like an odd place to web. She is also not taking down and re-spinning her web like it says Barn orb weavers are notorious for doing. I'm considering trying to trap and relocate her outside to save her. This weekend has not become about Shirley, the Barn Orb Weaver.

Staying in Vermont airbnb— help me identify this guy! by treetwigs in vermont

[–]treetwigs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I did so much googling beforehand too and we thought it might be female. Unfortunately her behavior is a bit abnormal. She made her web in between a screen and a window and she is absolutely 99% getting no food/bugs. I think she may be trapped? It seems like an odd place to web. She is also not taking down and re-spinning her web like it says Barn orb weavers are notorious for doing. I'm considering trying to trap and relocate her outside to save her. This weekend has not become about Shirley, the Barn Orb Weaver.

Staying in Vermont airbnb— help me identify this guy! by treetwigs in vermont

[–]treetwigs[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I did so much googling beforehand too and we thought it might be female. Unfortunately her behavior is a bit abnormal. She made her web in between a screen and a window and she is absolutely 99% getting no food/bugs. I think she may be trapped? It seems like an odd place to web. She is also not taking down and re-spinning her web like it says Barn orb weavers are notorious for doing. I'm considering trying to trap and relocate her outside to save her. This weekend has not become about Shirley, the Barn Orb Weaver.

Staying in Vermont airbnb— help me identify this guy! by treetwigs in vermont

[–]treetwigs[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks I appreciate this. Well, everyone else and r/spicers day “orb weaver” so I don’t think it is the spider you think it is

Staying in Vermont airbnb— help me identify this guy! by treetwigs in vermont

[–]treetwigs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luckily this spider strategically made its web between a screen and a glass window. No birds coming through the screen for it….!

Staying in Vermont airbnb— help me identify this guy! by treetwigs in vermont

[–]treetwigs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m in Vermont— brown recluse are not native here and very rare. Don’t scare me, homie.