arachnophobia

[Kento-Moto]

Hey anyone know their spiders here?

I just saw 3 of these in my front yard, I havent ever seen these before... we live in the Northern Sacramento Valley in California.
Dont know what they are but they look like they could give a mean bite. From tip to tip they were about 1.5 inches or so...

 

[Don Hardcastle]

We call them "Banana Spiders" here. Wife says they are fairly docile, but if you piss 'em enough, they have a pretty mean bite.

Don

 

[DevilDawg1]

Looks like (what we call here in N. Georgia) a wrting Spider.

They are kind of big for a spider, make big webs, with a whiter zig-zag patern in the middle of them. When I was a child use to catch grass oppers and crickets and throw in their web, normally seen in the high brush or in a garden.

 

[Blanca BusaLess]

Dreaded '5 spot BusaRiderKiller' spider .
He's stalking his next kill

 

[Kento-Moto]

Dreaded '5 spot BusaRiderKiller' spider .
He's stalking his next kill

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

 

[Blanca BusaLess]

Seriously :

American Spiders - Banded Argiope

 

[Strife]

Not sure what spider that is, banana spiders here in Florida around me look like....

 

[notright]

Spiders are everywhere right now. There are a lot like these, they are at least 3" long. I almost walked through a web at work face high, I stoped just in time, we were looking almost eye to eye. I think I would have freaked the hell out had that thing got on my face.

 

[RussellJ]

I shot one in pieces with a bb gun for frun that was almost 4 inches from tip of front legs to rear. Huge little bastard. Their bite is harmless aside from the actual bite hurting, the area will swell like a mosquitos but thats about it

 

[smac]

Not sure what spider that is, banana spiders here in Florida around me look like....

That spider is actually called a Golden Orb, it has a square back, Banana spiders have an rounded back. The Golden Orb has a web that is gold in color, sometimes you have to look at it at an angle to see the gold color, only spider that I know of that has a gold web...

 

[moloko]

I hate spiders!

We have a bunch of brown recluses here. I kill at least one a week in my house, have to check my helmet, shoes, shake out my pants and jackets etc before I put them on. Those things will eat your skin off.

 

[outlawbusa]

I cleared about 5 nice size webs out yesterday with my face while riding ATV's through the woods~!~

 

[vacivus]

*groans*

Black Widows and Brown Recluse are very common around here but it sure beats seeing Camel Spider!

 

[BlueHaya]

Spiders are everywhere right now. There are a lot like these, they are at least 3" long. I almost walked through a web at work face high, I stoped just in time, we were looking almost eye to eye. I think I would have freaked the hell out had that thing got on my face.

I hate walking to the deer stand in the morning and walking into one of those webs. You know there is a big black and yellow scary spider in it and all you hear is crack..crack of the web snapping all over your face and head.::9