Spider info

[kic]

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[timw1]

Looks like a garden spider.

 

[kgd]

I came across this guy yesterday, he was about the same size.

 

[JCavSD]

Just off the top of my head idea...step on it with boots!

 

[1SHOT1KILL]

I came across this guy yesterday, he was about the same size.

This is what you found...black and yellow argiope.

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/black_and_yellow_argiope.htm

 

[1SHOT1KILL]

Hi, any idea about this spider?
Its 7 cm. across



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What you have come across is a banded argiope...

http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_argiope_trifasciata.htm

 

[kic]

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[JV3]

nice pics! not sure which i like better, snakes or spiders...i have one of each for pets right now

 

[Joezilla]

that would be Argiope argentata.

 

[Joezilla]

Silver Garden Orbweaver

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2033

unless you are in africa, then it might be Argiope australis

 

[Lycosa]

Very cool spider.
Don't kill spiders.

 

[kic]

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[mete]

I recently came across a news item .They've found a treatment for erectile disfunction using the venom of a particular spider .However that particular spider venom is the most toxic of all !!
Good news bad news !!

 

[akadave2]

Spiders are our friends. They eat vermin and nasty bugs. I wouldnt cuddle up with one and I dont kill them on purpose.

 

[Fox Creek]

Looks much like what we call a "writing spider' here. They make those back and forth stiching in webs, and if you speak your name aloud, they will write you name in their web and you will sicken and die. I remember looking at spiders in the fence row when I was in elementary school at recess and hearing this. 1965 maybe.

 

[kic]

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[wolf-man-12]

The only good "Spider" is a "Dead" Spider and the only good Snake is a pet.!

 

[kic]

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