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First off: Yes I'm still alive...I'm still with you.
Second: Okay, me and a couple friends were out in the woods walking around when all the sudden I turn my head and see a large spider no more than 5-inches away from my face. I'd never seen a spider like it, not even in a book.

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Can anyone tell me what this spider is called?



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I call it the Crazy 60's Acid Trip spider. Sure looks like one.

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And its bite will inject pure LSD into your veins! It's freaking insane!

On a more serious note, where do you live, Juno? I could probably find out what kind it is, I know a friend who studies things like this, he'd be able to figure out the species.


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She doesn't look like a dangerous spider, looks more like a garden spider. Infact..in that picture, in the upper left, that looks like her mate. Hopefully he won't get eaten..brave soldier. *salutes*

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On a more serious note, where do you live, Juno? I could probably find out what kind it is, I know a friend who studies things like this, he'd be able to figure out the species.

I live in Sebring, FL.
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She doesn't look like a dangerous spider, looks more like a garden spider. Infact..in that picture, in the upper left, that looks like her mate. Hopefully he won't get eaten..brave soldier. *salutes*

XP You've always made me laugh, Hollow :D
Anyhow, you think it's a type garden spider, eh? Well, I'm that much closer :)



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I hate bugs. >.< If that thing was a few inches away from me, I would have started running away, screaming, and flailing my arms. o.o;;

It's pretty colors though. Never seen a spider like that before.



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"That's what we in the scientific community call a THING."

Seriously, that is one weird spider...I wouldn't know, I hardly spend any time outside and I have an arachnophobia (DEY EAT J00R SOUL!). It IS nice and coloryful though.


Or, the poster formerly known as Pri- I mean, rockmaniskool.

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Okay, my friend was not entirely sure, but thinks it is a female Argiope aurantia, better known as the Yellow Garden Spider. It's an orbweaver.

Again, we're not entirely sure, but I hope that helps.


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Okay, my friend was not entirely sure, but thinks it is a female Argiope aurantia, better known as the Yellow Garden Spider. It's an orbweaver.

Again, we're not entirely sure, but I hope that helps.


Argiope aurantia:
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Similar, but different.
Thanks for your help so far :)



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Edited by Juno on August 28, 2006 at 4:49:41.


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Well, it's just as ugly...

Why don't you google up a list of arachne species in Florida? That's what my friend did initially. Maybe you'll have better luck because you know the region infinitely better than some poor Californian like myself.


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The first time I read that, 'arachne' looked like 'arcane'.

I thought that was pretty cool.

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It's pretty hard to think up what kind of spider that would be. In entirety, there are 40,000 different kinds of spiders, and I am sure there are at least a few hundred living in Florida's forests, so... *shrug* Sorry.


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For once I will take sides with Hollow and say that it looks like a garden spider. Just a more colorful species than the everyday onces you see all the time. Good luck finding the actual name.


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Actually Juno...the picture most recent, is the top of a spider. The first post of yours..that's her underside. So it very well could be the same one, you need an underside shot.

And awww..come on saiyan, it's just not the same if people don't irrationally hate me. :\

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I saw one of those on the discovery channel once. If memory serves, they called it an African Mask Spider.

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Don't think so, mon ami.

Oh, and here's an under shot of the other spider:

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Don't believe the mystery spider and this one are the same.



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It could very well be the same spider, Juno. You took your picture in summer, and that picture could have been taken in a different season. Also, since it is a different spider, their genes are probably not exactly the same, so a little bit of colour and brightness difference can apply.

I think it's that last one.


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It could very well be the same spider, Juno. You took your picture in summer, and that picture could have been taken in a different season. Also, since it is a different spider, their genes are probably not exactly the same, so a little bit of colour and brightness difference can apply.

I think it's that last one.


Morphy, mon ami, the picture at the top isn't mine. I found that online. I dunno when or where it was taken.
I know spiders tend to change a bit in different seasons, but that's quite a dramatic change when you compare the 2 pictures.



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It could very well be the same spider, Juno. You took your picture in summer, and that picture could have been taken in a different season. Also, since it is a different spider, their genes are probably not exactly the same, so a little bit of colour and brightness difference can apply.

I think it's that last one.



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Yes, I saw that Morphman. But, take a good look. The bottom of the spider in the first piture looks more like that of a banana spider, whereas the last picture I posted does not. Color & Brightness defference can indeed apply, but how do you explain the shape change?


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Edited by Juno on August 29, 2006 at 17:43:54.


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You say 'Banana Spider'. Why ask a question you already know the answer to?


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You say 'Banana Spider'. Why ask a question you already know the answer to?


I don't know the answer, mon ami. The rest of it doesn't look like a banana spider, the bottom kind of does, but not the rest. If I thought it was a banana spider (which I don't) I wouldn't bother to ask.



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So...this is just a picture you got off the internet, the first one? But you KNOW it's the same spider you saw, or am I reading this wrong?

Also no, the spiders posted later on..the bright yellow, they obviously aren't the same as the topmost spider. Look at the webs, the bright ones have a distinct zigzag pattern in their webs, the topmost picture does not. Also, an orbweaver wouldn't have a web built as shoddy as the first picture, unless it's been pummelled by lots of insects.

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Don't tell me the American work ethic is spreading to nature now!

The last thing we need is spiders doing shoddy work and then sitting on the couch watching reality TV all day.

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So...this is just a picture you got off the internet, the first one? But you KNOW it's the same spider you saw, or am I reading this wrong?


You are indeed correct, mon ami. The same type, anyways.



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Also no, the spiders posted later on..the bright yellow, they obviously aren't the same as the topmost spider. Look at the webs, the bright ones have a distinct zigzag pattern in their webs, the topmost picture does not. Also, an orbweaver wouldn't have a web built as shoddy as the first picture, unless it's been pummelled by lots of insects.


Must you always thwart my logic, Hollow?


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I only thwart logic if it's not the truth.

But well Juno..how did you find that picture, just typed in "spider" in Google and sifted through hundreds of pages until you found it?

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I only thwart logic if it's not the truth.

But well Juno..how did you find that picture, just typed in "spider" in Google and sifted through hundreds of pages until you found it?


Uhm...yeah. Yes I did. Though, I think I used Yahoo!



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Whoa, that's dedication.

But yeah, it's possibly a weaver, but I can't really tell with that messy web. And since we're just going off your memory of the spider..we don't know how accurate this all is.

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Whoa, that's dedication.

But yeah, it's possibly a weaver, but I can't really tell with that messy web. And since we're just going off your memory of the spider..we don't know how accurate this all is.


I have a photo on my digital camera that I compared it to. In case you're wondering why I didn't just upload the photo I took onto my computer to show you guys, the reason is simple--I can't get it on my computer for some reason.



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