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Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:04 am to RealDawg
There's a cut off the West Pearl called Peach Lake, we were fishing it a few summers ago, when you looked up, the canopy was nothing but banana spiders... 
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:05 am to RealDawg
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Went from zero of these 3 years ago to thousands now. Every shrub, tree and power line has them. Had to add spider sticks to front of all the SXS
Is that a banana spider? We've been having spider sticks for many years here in LA
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:06 am to RealDawg
No reason to ever put your hand that close to a spider...Jesus.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:14 am to RealDawg
frick that
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:19 am to RealDawg
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Pros are they eat the frick out of stink bugs and skeeters.
sounds like a good thing to me.Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:23 am to Rex Feral
They are all over at my house, that's why you haven't seen any.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:28 am to RealDawg
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They can easily shoot their web 20 feet.
I'm good for about 20in. 20ft is impressive.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 9:20 am to Lonnie Utah
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If you spend any time outdoors, you should know this trick...
I just wear the Flintstone wrist sundial
Just a slightly modern version
Posted on 7/16/26 at 9:41 am to UtahCajun
We have been ate up with these in Georgia for years. You cannot walk through any patch of woods without exerting a moderate amout of effort to avoid them and their huge webs. As far as I know they don't cause any damage but may make you hurt yourself if one gets on you.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 10:37 am to ugasickem
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They are all over at my house, that's why you haven't seen any.
Thanks dude. I'll buy you a drink at the next home game.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 11:45 am to Rex Feral
I've only recently been seeing babies this season. Last season they weren't as bad. Two years ago was unbelievably nightmarish, as was the year before that. They only made it here about 5 or 6 years ago.
They say ground zero was an Amazon warehouse in Braselton, and they have slowly migrated out from there. When they first show up in your area, they are insane for a couple years, then population starts to drop off.
For the morons in this thread- these are not the native Banana spiders or Orb weavers you grew up with. These are Joro spiders, an invasive species from Asia.
And they aren't harmless. They have a very powerful venom, typically not life threatening but can sting like a wasp sting.
They say ground zero was an Amazon warehouse in Braselton, and they have slowly migrated out from there. When they first show up in your area, they are insane for a couple years, then population starts to drop off.
For the morons in this thread- these are not the native Banana spiders or Orb weavers you grew up with. These are Joro spiders, an invasive species from Asia.
And they aren't harmless. They have a very powerful venom, typically not life threatening but can sting like a wasp sting.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 4:04 pm to deeprig9
Posted on 7/16/26 at 4:18 pm to RealDawg
Of all the stupid bullshite on the OT Lounge, this is the topic they decide to anchor. Amazing.
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