Why do spiders get all crystalized like this?
 

More a basement thing than a bike thing but all my bikes live in the basement and I sometimes find these with my bikes. You guys have any ideas?
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...psvlsptia7.jpg

I think that's some sort of fungus covering that dead spider.....Yeccchh!:eek:

Weirdest thread of the month award. Hands down.
I like weird.
I have no answer.

I'm sure it's OT for C&V bikes. You need to take it over to Spiderforums.net.

:twitchy::eek:

Candy coating?

I thought this thread would be about patina on crank arms.

spiders molt - shed their skins so its probably just means there is a larger spider alive nearby.

Dingdingding. We have a winner!

Looks like you got a fungus covered spider over there.

Oh.

Hah! I saw this same thing in a basement last week. Freaky looking fungus, some die a slow death and will still move with the white coating.

Personally, I'd rather have one live spider than twenty (or more) live flies or mosquitoes.

I'm so glad right now I don't have a basement.

What the heck kind of spiders do you have over there!? How big/long is that sucker?

They are known as "house spiders", that's what my pest control friend calls them. The fungus attacks them and they die a slow death.

We have "daddy long legs" that sometimes come into basements that are real long legged like that. Other indoor spiders are little brown jobbers that don't bite. I usually pick them up and deposit them outside. Just haven't seen any as long as in the photo.

Probably living the good life under a bicycle saddle .... waiting.

that is a nasty fungus. not heard of that.. thought it was just a shell. daddy long legs are good for your basement- they eat black widows.

You remember that David Bowie song about the glass spider?
This guy wasn't as big as the picture. It's just a real close up shot. More or less daddy long leg sized.
Ever watch two daddy long legs get in a fight? Funny as heck, bobbing and weaving.

are you sure they weren't having sex?

As soon as it gets cold they find their way into my bike closet in the shop. Had 29 on the wall last winter.

What's the difference?

I thought the same. I have a set of Shimano 105 cranks that have a "spidering" oxidation that cannot be removed.

This whole spider thing is definitely a shimano problem.... I have yet to see a Campyphile with spiders in their basement.