Identify This Spider...

[SkateFOSKCO]

I was going out the door of my apartment and there was a wasp between my door and my screen door, so I flung the screen door open and shut the big door. I got a broom and opened the door again, to see if he was still around. The wasp was gone, but I saw a nest of some kind. It looked like a bee would have built it and it was on the inside of my screen door. I knocked it down, and these are what fell to the ground.

So what are they? I'm located in Orlando, FL.

Maybe a week ago, my neighbor was leaving his apartment and found a black widow at the top of his door. Didn't get any pictures of that one though.

 

[Nanci]

Do you think the wasp brought the spiders into the nest for food? I see wasps with paralyzed spiders all the time.

 

[SkateFOSKCO]

It could have been that they were food for the wasp. That makes sense, but he must have been hungry because I only saw 1 wasp and there were 3 of these spiders. That's probably the case because none of the spiders moved after being knocked from the nest. I wasn't exactly gentle with the nest though.

I don't know much about spiders, just that there are a lot more to be worried about down here in FL. I was interested to see if anyone knew what they were especially after having seen a black widow next door a few days earlier.

 

[Nanci]

I think the wasps paralyze the spiders (rather than killing them- to preserve them so they don't rot) and put them in the nest for the wasp larvae to feed on.

 

[Blue Apple Herps]

I think the wasps paralyze the spiders (rather than killing them- to preserve them so they don't rot) and put them in the nest for the wasp larvae to feed on.

Insects are so freaking sweet!! Didn't know wasps did that.

My favorite example are the Ichneumonidae family of wasps.

 

[RobbiesCornField]

Soakedicus inRaidicus, or another similar species Smushedicus Flattius.

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

Soakedicus inRaidicus, or another similar species Smushedicus Flattius.

Thanks for making me snort diet coke out my nose Robbie!

 

[MedusaCorns]

Thanks for making me snort diet coke out my nose Robbie!

lol

freaky spiders. ever since arachnophobia. Kinda pretty though but even a picture "shivers"

 

[RobbiesCornField]

Thanks for making me snort diet coke out my nose Robbie!

I live to serve. :laugh:

 

[RavenSpirit360]

Wow thats a really cool looking spider Is it a crab type of spider?

 

[Nova_C]

I'm pretty sure some wasps lay their eggs in spiders while the spider is still alive, then when the eggs hatch the larvae slowly consume the spider.

Nature is sadistic, that's for sure.