What the h**l is it? I have found a couple of these spiders in the yard and just wondering what kind it is. It is scary looking and I hope I never walk into one's web at night. The...

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What the h**l is it?

Aug 25, 2019 22:21:30 #

cam.79 Loc: Gray, GA

I have found a couple of these spiders in the yard and just wondering what kind it is. It is scary looking and I hope I never walk into one's web at night. The main body is about 1-1/4 inch with a leg spread in this picture of about 6 inches.

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Aug 25, 2019 22:24:17 #

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Not sure but I have them on my property, too.

Aug 25, 2019 22:25:50 #

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

Golden silk orbweaver (Trichonephila clavipes). They go by other common names like banana spider, etc. Very big, but harmless unless you are an insect or maybe a small bird.

Aug 25, 2019 22:28:06 #

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Good shot.

Aug 25, 2019 22:30:30 #

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

cam.79 wrote:

This is an orb weaver.
Family Araneidae.
Probably Nephila clavipes. The Golden silk spider.
Oops, Mark was first. Thanks for the name update, Mark.
Bill

Aug 25, 2019 22:31:25 #

cam.79 Loc: Gray, GA

Thanks all for your replies, but bingo to Mark. With the name you gave, I did a Google search and found out you are right and found a picture that had been taken and posted just a few miles from here.

Aug 25, 2019 22:35:48 #