X marks the Spider!
There isn't a good way to demonstrate scale here but this spider is one of the largest I've ever seen. This one was about 4 to 5 inches across. He or she was hanging out on the side of Sanba38's house.
Some people told me it was a "Cane Spider" but it looks closer to what Wikipedia calls the St. Andrew's Cross Spider:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Cross_spider
Others called it the "Zig-zag Spider" but whatever the case they're pretty impressive and apparently enjoy resting in that X-shaped position.
This is my entry for this week's Challenge.
There isn't a good way to demonstrate scale here but this spider is one of the largest I've ever seen. This one was about 4 to 5 inches across. He or she was hanging out on the side of Sanba38's house.
Some people told me it was a "Cane Spider" but it looks closer to what Wikipedia calls the St. Andrew's Cross Spider:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Cross_spider
Others called it the "Zig-zag Spider" but whatever the case they're pretty impressive and apparently enjoy resting in that X-shaped position.
This is my entry for this week's Challenge.
Comments
 | 5:08am July 1 2006Whatisee said: I've seen some similar to him/her here is Kansas. and it does make a good entry for the current challenge. Wish I had thought of it. Good Luck |
 | 5:26am July 1 2006DGM said: Ive seen on TV that they use this spider for fighting in japan. |
 | 8:14am July 1 2006Lowryn said: OMG that is too scary for me. |
| 8:16am July 1 2006Lowryn said: incredible zig zag web thing though |
 | 9:41am July 1 2006Haw59 said: OMG, Did not know we had those in Hawaii.
Good entry. |
 | 12:43pm July 1 2006ashdad said: That is a big spider. I've seen similar looking ones, but not nearly that size. |
 | 2:11pm July 1 2006yellville said: Some consider it good luck to have spiders settle in around their homes....... |
 | 2:17am July 3 20062hlfpnys said: OK I am scared of spiders and wouldn't consider it good luck to have them settle around my home...
Nice pic |
 | 4:13am July 3 2006pueo said: (reply to comment #11531) I think this one prefers to stay outside... still it would be quite a mess if you were to run into its web outside. Most accounts say they're relatively docile spiders and only would bite a human in defense. Even if you are bitten by the Agriope, the venom isn't known to be harmful to humans. They prefer eating insects after all. |
 | 12:19pm July 18 2006beady said: wow, thats big....
nice capture tho. |
| 8:18am July 24 2006pueo said: (reply to comment #12896) yes, I'm rather glad the spider stayed calm while I was there. |
 | 4:41am May 5 2007CelticClicks said: I would die if I saw that in person!OMG |
| 9:20pm May 5 2007pueo said: (reply to comment #28793) I suppose I would have been afraid if I saw it actually move but since it kept perfectly still while I took its photo I felt fine... and somewhat fascinated. |
| 11:01am May 6 2007CelticClicks said: Ya my hunny had told me yesterday that they actually will walk with the legs together so it looks like a four legged creature... he is quite exquisite looking! |
http://bugguide.net/node/view/44542/bgpage
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/North_America/United_States/photo50781.htm
ooo there's one here that looks just like mine:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/ArgiopesUS/Argiopes_USA.html