Yes, let the spider live!! I too enjoy the spiders as well as the birds!!
They are totally amazing and fascinating creatures. She will be doing her
job, hopefully she'll be allowed to do it well.
Robyn
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Lynne Kelly <>
wrote:
> Please don't kill the spider!
>
> Gorgeous photo, by the way. Mind you, with such a stunning subject, it is
> hard to do otherwise.
>
> You are right that it is Nephila sp. and she (it is a female) are known as
> bird-eating spiders, as are many are spiders of a huge variety of species,
> Eating birds is very rare. Birds are not their preferred food. Their webs
> are very strong and they will occasionally catch a very small bird.
>
> This is a very common spider, extremely docile and a divine creature to
> look at. Leave her be and enjoy her. I would be most surprised if you ever
> saw a bird in the web.
>
> Other Queenslanders may choose to disagree. I am well known for my extreme
> bias towards spiders!
>
> Lynne
>
>
> > We have an enormous spider in our yard (in Brisbane) that we haven't
> seen
> > before. Its spectacular, with a body length around 7-8 cm. I think I
> > have
> > ID'd it correctly as `Nephila pilipes' The Northern Giant Orb spider.
> The
> > link to the photo I took of it today is below:
> >
> > http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/SPIDER.jpg
> >
> > So when I was trying to ID it on google, I came across a youtube video
> of
> > one of these eating a young lewin honeyeater that it had trapped in its
> > nest. OMG!
> >
> > We are friends with our local birds and wouldn't want to see them eaten
> by
> > a
> > giant spider! But its also a very cool giant spider!
> >
> > Should we kill it to stop it from eating birds and breedng up a colony
> of
> > giant bird eating spiders? Or just leave it? I don't want to kill it,
> but
> > then I'd feel pretty cut if a young bird I know died in its web.
> >
> > Thanks for your opinions!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Belinda
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