Ghost Spiders? Spider Predators? Aliens?

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Today we were reorganizing things in the shed and garage, getting ready for the winter season. We put away the patio furniture in the shed and moved the plow for the truck and the snow blower to the garage. I took off the cover to the snow blower for hubby to inspect and Oh! My! Gosh!

There were these completely white spider thingies with almost translucent legs with big balls of white for the knees. These weren't itty bitty spiders either, they're medium sized ones. They had webs all around them too.
Anyway, it freaked me out!

Hubby told me I had better go in the house because the shed is full of them!

My son told me all of the spiders I gently flushed down the toilet were gathering and getting ready to march on me, Haha!

Anyway, have any of you ever seen anything like this before?









What the heck ?


Terra
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  • "Translucia Terrabiteous Spinnerwebious"

    I named them! Me! I'm first! I called it! Eat that, Suckers!:rolleyes:
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    • Haha!

      That's hilarious!

      Thanks for the laughs, I really needed that, lol!

      Terra
  • Oh holy cow, Terra - those aren't spiders. They're aliens.:rolleyes: They're probably looking for DC - you should leave them a map.
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  • Were they alive? Looks like carcasses.
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    • Quite truthfully, I wasn't about to go poking at them, lol!

      I wondered if they had made some sort of a cocoon around themselves or if some sort of poisonous predator spider bit them and wrapped them up. They are all attached to the cover of the snow blower with webbing, and there are white eggs sacs near them too.

      Anyway, the shed is full of them.

      OMGosh! If it was a predator spider, it's hiding in the shed!

      Oh No! And now, the spun spiders in the photos are now in the garage with their egg sacs!

      Alien pods, Sal? Haha! They sort of look like aliens, lol!

      Terra
    • On a serious note, I was wondering the same thing. Insect exoskeletons can bleach out over time. If they are alive, translucency may mean they are from caves and are blind.

      But, if Terra didn't see them crawling..I'd assume they are long dead.


      So Terra; No need to be too scared. They are very tiny.....oh, and blind....oh, and dead.

      Evil dead spiders....looking to get even with whoever killed them....or took their picture....

      Mooohooohaaahaa!
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  • This looks like your spider...

    They say it's a cellar spider with a fungus infection.

    Bug of the Month April 2010: Cellar Spider with Fungus - What's That Bug?
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    • Sandee,

      Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

      That's them alright!!

      Fungus infection, huh? Who would have thought?

      See guys, I told you I didn't kill them!

      Terra
  • Just curious Ms. Ship, how did you (and Claude) figure it out?

    Dan
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    • So you'd have, like, fifty cents?
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    • I just typed in white spider with ball joints
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    • I actually didn't figure it out. Ms. Ship did.
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    Ghost Spiders? Spider Predators? Aliens?

    Today we were reorganizing things in the shed and garage, getting ready for the winter season. We put away the patio furniture in the shed and moved the plow for the truck and the snow blower to the garage. I took off the cover to the snow blower for hubby to inspect and Oh! My! Gosh! There were these completely white spider thingies with almost translucent legs with big balls of white for the knees. These weren't itty bitty spiders either, they're medium sized ones. They had webs all around them too.