What kind of spider is this?

Added on October 21st, 2010 by nyoki | Report Post
Tags:Spiders, Wallpaper

I found her hanging about in my kitchen window and have no idea what kind of spider she is. She is pretty; I love her colors.

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Sarcastastic (#2065)

13 years ago

The horrifying kind that would be the worst to discover by walking face-first into their web accidentally. Seriously, I fear that everytime I see a big web in a place that I could potentially be walking casually.

flagrantfowl (#18745)

13 years ago

I believe its a Weaving Orb spider (or something of that nature).

What part of the world do you live in?

PS: If it was at my house, or anywhere near me, it’d be a ‘Dead’ Spider. THe best kind of spider there is!

nyoki (#3444)

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Reply to flagrantfowl

13 years ago

West Virginia, eastern panhandle, just east of the Appalachia mountains, generally considered the mid-Atlantic region of the US.

Oriahna (#6693)

13 years ago

oooooh, she is pretty!
she’s a webdweller… but thats not much use considering there are thousands of types of spiders…
i could make some guesses, but i’d prolly be wrong.
she is pretty though, good find

Su1c1deK1ng (#6948)

13 years ago

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_spider

DaCheetah (#3816)

Reply to Su1c1deK1ng

13 years ago

I suspect this is at least close…
It looks a lot like the St. Andrew’s Cross spider we get here in Australia, which is also the same genus as the writing spider.

www.google.com.au/images?q=st+andrews+cross+spider

Harmless garden spider. Good for killing the more annoying bugs, like flies. I hate flies.

tbagonsight (#17329)

13 years ago

Kill it with napalm!

RSIxidor (#950)

13 years ago

Spiders are awesome! They help keep your home free of ACTUAL pests. Killing a spider is like saying, “Sure, I want the disease ridden insects and such to enter my home, I got no problem with them, but this lady that kills them? Fuck this lady!”

AndrewTheWookie (#1596)

Reply to RSIxidor

13 years ago

Ya, fuck that lady. That scary, needs to be killed with fire lady.

Halon50 (#2212)

Reply to RSIxidor

13 years ago

My house is infested with brown widows. They bite me while I sleep, making zit-like painful marks appear on my face and scalp. Fuck those spiders.

RSIxidor (#950)

Reply to Halon50

13 years ago

My apologies. I always forget about the obnoxious ones. 🙁

They should at least be left alone if in or near gardens.

tbagonsight (#17329)

Reply to RSIxidor

13 years ago

I leave them alone if they are outside. But if they are in my house or in my room that is where i break out my brass knuckles.

WaltherKid (#2507)

13 years ago

I as well would dispose of it using the largest weapon I could find that would not result in police knocking on my door. Probably due to being hung over a widow’s nest by a sadistic baby sitter at the age of 5. She was a bitch.

WaltherKid (#2507)

Reply to WaltherKid

13 years ago

however this clip is pretty rockin

nyoki (#3444)

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13 years ago

I doubt she’s poisonous. We have the Brown Recluse and one other poisonous spider (can’t remember the name off hand) around here and she’s not either of those.

I’m not going to kill her; I’ve seen stinkbugs in her web and anything tat eats them is fine by me. Besides she’s on the outside screen, no danger of getting in the house.

Stolid (#1669)

13 years ago

It is a type of Golden Orb Weaver.. sometimes called the Banana Spider.

mhall8811 (#25157)

Reply to Stolid

13 years ago

I was going to say “Banana Spider”, but you obviously beat me to it. Not venomous at all. The big ugly one’s usually aren’t. Regardless, I hate spiders. “Nuke it from orbit… It’s the only way to be sure.”

Synthetics (#18379)

13 years ago

My wife and I have a deal with all the spiders around here.
If you stay outside, we’ll leave you alone.
If you come in the house, the cats will most likely torment you ruthlessly, torture you then eat you.
Your choice spiders.

So far, it’s worked. =P

Anonymoose (#60931)

13 years ago

That particular pattern looks pretty close to the zipper spiders we have in New England — same genus as the orb spiders in question. Chances are, if you’re in the US, it’s the Banded Garden Spider.

nyoki (#3444)

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13 years ago

Ah, I think my son has found it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExoCbEbNDFM

draikyn (#4247)

13 years ago

looks like one of the Orb Weaver variety. And just for fun check out this link:
www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3353693/Giant-spider-eating-a-bird-caught-on-camera.html

it’s an unusually large orb weaver eating a bird. From QLD, Australia.Think about that next time you’re looking out your kitchen window 😛

drm9469 (#68885)

13 years ago

Argiope. Not deadly poisonous but can bite. When we were kids we used to throw grasshoppers into their web and watch them attack, kill and roll them up in webbing to eat later. If you throw non living things into their web, they will rock the web back and forth violently. Awesome colors.