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What kind of spider is this?
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:21 pm
This thing is on the back of my garage. Biggest damn spider I've ever seen around here. He's probably 2-3" long
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Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:22 pm to fallguy_1978
Banana spider is what I’ve always heard them called
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:23 pm to bbvdd
He might be bigger than 2-3 inches actually
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:26 pm to fallguy_1978
Yeah, they’re big.
Orb spider is another general name.
Orb spider is another general name.
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:27 pm to fallguy_1978
banana spider
you haven’t lived till you’ve walked face first into one of them in the woods
you haven’t lived till you’ve walked face first into one of them in the woods
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:29 pm to fallguy_1978
Golden Silk Spider, Nephila clavipes, often locally called the Banana Spider (due to its body shape and color), is one of Louisiana’s most conspicuous arachnids. Golden Silk’s typically live for one year.
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:29 pm to cgrand
They usually do like to setup at face level on my walking paths to the deer stands.
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:31 pm to MAEFIELD
He's cool looking. Just kind of startled me when I was pulling weeds and cleaning off the back of the garage 
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:32 pm to cgrand
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banana spider
you haven’t lived till you’ve walked face first into one of them in the woods
This...and had one crawling on your neck after
This post was edited on 9/29/19 at 5:33 pm
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:34 pm to fallguy_1978
Why isn’t the garage on fire right now?
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:35 pm to bbvdd
What is the bite like? All I wanna know.
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:42 pm to fallguy_1978
They like to eat skeeters and dirt daubers, looks like he knew what he was doing in web placement.
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:43 pm to dstone12
As big as that thing is it could probably kill an elephant.
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:43 pm to Barneyrb
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They like to eat skeeters and dirt daubers, looks like he knew what he was doing in web placement.
My wife asked me to go clean those nests off. I looked up and decided they could wait until next weekend
Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:45 pm to fallguy_1978
Banana spider. They will make u learn karate real quick at 5am walking to your deer stand.
Posted on 9/29/19 at 6:02 pm to MAEFIELD
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Golden Silk Spider, Nephila clavipes
Sorry, but nope. The one in the OP's pic is Argiope aurantia, the black and yellow garden spider.
Posted on 9/29/19 at 6:05 pm to Tigerlaff
Do they get that big? I googled it and it looks similar but says they get about an inch. This thing is way bigger than that.
Posted on 9/29/19 at 6:06 pm to Tigerlaff
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Garden spider
Not
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Banana spider/golden silk orb weaver
Posted on 9/29/19 at 6:07 pm to fallguy_1978
Yeah, the body is about an inch. Much bigger if your include legs.
Posted on 9/29/19 at 6:45 pm to fallguy_1978
We've always called them "writin' spiders" here.
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