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Argiope Aurantia Anonymous
Found in my front yard this morning
>> 7eg
I love those spiders! Try putting a few brightly colored threads (from a shirt or something) into its web - the last one I had would weave them in.

Unfortunately birds love the things - every one I've had has vanished with a big whole missing from the center of its web.
>> Anonymous
looks dangerous.
>> Anonymous
>>404831

And that's why you should lock yourself in your parents' basement and never leave again for the rest of your life.
>> Anonymous
Sometimes in the summer around here you will see hundreds of these things build webs across trails and walkways, it's an amazing site. One of the biggest spiders I've encountered in my area.
>> Anonymous
>>404831
Actually not dangerous, no one has ever died of a bite from one of these, but there are several documented cases of people dying from heart attacks after walking into the occupied webs.
>> Anonymous
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Mines Bigger
>> Anonymous
1 Year I had several around my house. They are pretty sweet and violently shake their web back and forth if you irritate them.
>> Anonymous
i think they are called banana spiders. they were everywhere when i lived in SC in the summer
>> Anonymous
>>404798
THOSE FUCKING BANANA SPIDERS
I GUESS IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN ... D:
>> Anonymous
>>404938
Actually this is an Argiope aurantia - Black and Yellow Garden Spider

The banana spider is a different species, and can be quite deadly.
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THIS is a banana spider. Don't confuse the two, it might cost you your life.
>> Anonymous
>>404945
>>404948

Nephila venom is not dangerous to humans, you fear-mongering shits. It's about as bad as a wasp sting.
>> Anonymous
>>404969
Yes and no. There are actually two species of spider commonly called Banana spiders: Nephila Clavipes venom is not dangerous.
Nephila Phoneutria venom is a powerful neurotoxin and can be deadly.

The former spider is found mostly in North America while the latter is mostly in Central and South America.
>> Anonymous
>>404977
Excuse my lame ass typo, the second spider is just a Phoneutria, not a Nephila Phoneutria as posted earlier. Must learn to type.
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>>404979

There is no denying that Phoneutria venom is dangerous, though IIRC barely more than 5% of their bites recorded actually required antivenom.

Image related.
>> Anonymous
fuckin spiders. kill them all, kill them good!!!
>> Anonymous
OP's picture is of a Golden Orb Weaver spider which although it has the same venom as a Black Widow is no where near as potent.

A banana spider is a common term for the Brazilian Wandering Spider which is a completely different spider and has one of the most toxic venom's of any creature.
>> Anonymous
>>404798
I found a large spider on Holiday in Kenya...I used to flick toothpicks into its web and it'd pounce on them. It was pretty fun watching it in action...
>> Argiope Aurantia Anonymous
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Took this one in Fujinomia in Japan. Enjoy ;)
>> Anonymous
We get hundreds of those spiders every summer here in Texas.

Completely harmless, but they do tend to build webs in door frames and other annoying areas a lot.

I used to throw firecrackers into the webs and try to blow them up around the 4th.
>> Anonymous
Arachnaphobia must be the most common human phobia. srsly.
Also the fangs on this one are fucking scary .
>>404984
>> Anonymous
>>405590
you meanie

>>404984
HOLY FUCK.
>> Anonymous
>>405563

Way to spread disinformation. It is not the same venom. Nephila (Orb Weaver) venom is /similar/ to Latrodectus (Black Widows) venom, in that it is a neurotoxin. Some of the compounds may be the same, but there are many different cocktails produced by different animals.

Also, we've already established that Golden Orb Weavers are mistaken for Banana spiders.
>> Anonymous
>>405613
Yea, they will make you sick as fuck, but I have never heard of any deaths by one. Unless you include the old wives tale about if they write your name in their web you will die :p.