new Orleans?
new Orleans?
probably somewhere in the south
Richmond, clearly.
Middle TN (metro Nashville) has 1.5 million spiders per square acre, according to my pest control tech. Though his job is to keep you paying them. So maybe not the most credible source.
Middle TN (metro Nashville) has 1.5 million spiders per square acre, according to my pest control tech. Though his job is to keep you paying them. So maybe not the most credible source.
I live west of Nashville and walk my dog at night through the fields wearing an LED headlamp. In the summer, I can see the eyes of hundreds of spiders. The cool part is how far away they can be seen. I've seen spiders a hundred feet away that were tiny... only a half inch or so. It's amazing that their eyes reflect light from so far away.
Seattle
lease wrote:
Richmond, clearly.
Yes, University of Richmond teams are the Spiders.
spider deaths there are high. and that's just from the football team.
My guess would be Jacksonville, FL. It is the largest city by land area that isn't in a freezing cold place. A city like NO might have greater spider density, but it's less than half the size of Jacksonville.
I don't know about cities but we are near Charleston and had 3 different poisonous spiders living in our back yard. Brown recluse, brown widow, and black widow. Cannot believe no one was bitten.
ph.d research on spiders wrote:
new Orleans?
Deselm, Illinois, we've got wolf spiders with blue eyes, yes blue eyes, who's foot prints make a 6" diameter circle. They make their den in the ground, with a hole big enough for a grown man to stick is thumb in.
ph.d research on spiders wrote:
new Orleans?
Alaska's got a lot and people don't realize it:
Spiders make up a significant portion of the animal population in the Arctic. Each species has its own way of surviving there. Crab spiders are known for concealing themselves in plants and flowers, which provide camouflage as they stalk prey. Erigoninae spiders are the most diverse family of spiders in the Arctic. They are very small, some even minute, and hunt their prey on the ground. Funnel web spiders thrive in sunny spots and build webs to catch prey. Wolf spiders, identified by their hairy bodies and strong legs, live on the ground and capture prey with a wolf-like pounce.
Wolf spiders give a nasty bite and like to sneak into your sleeping bag.
notroll wrote:
ph.d research on spiders wrote:new Orleans?
Alaska's got a lot and people don't realize it:
Spiders make up a significant portion of the animal population in the Arctic. Each species has its own way of surviving there. Crab spiders are known for concealing themselves in plants and flowers, which provide camouflage as they stalk prey. Erigoninae spiders are the most diverse family of spiders in the Arctic. They are very small, some even minute, and hunt their prey on the ground. Funnel web spiders thrive in sunny spots and build webs to catch prey. Wolf spiders, identified by their hairy bodies and strong legs, live on the ground and capture prey with a wolf-like pounce.
Wolf spiders give a nasty bite and like to sneak into your sleeping bag.
Might change my guess to Sitka, Alaska, then. A lot of spiders fit into 2,800 square miles.
New York. Wall street should be spider street. Staten Island, more like daddy long legs island.
going by land area wrote:
Jacksonville, FL.
I know plenty about spiders. In terms of spider diversity, south Florida has by far the most.
The combo of year-round high temperature and ample humidity is great for them. In winter, south Florida has average highs in the 70's and lows in the 50's, unlike anywhere else in the US. Spiders become inactive below 50 degrees and spend the winter in diapause in areas with lows below freezing.
Whatever city has the most spiders is automatically one of the best in America. Spiders are like lightning - they might make you jump but they're awesome.