A New Visitor

[tocarmar]

I found this yesterday nesting in my dwarf iris.

 

[Marco]

Nice yellow. It looks deadly. Does anyone know the name?

 

[NYEric]

Sam!

 

[biothanasis]

So cool!!!!!!!

 

[Lanmark]

I hate these things, but they're beneficial to our gardens so I leave them be. Pretty but frightening! :sob:
:rollhappy:

Black and Yellow Argiope -- Argiope aurantia

 

[Justin]

they are beautiful and i love watching these spiders.

 

[Lanmark]

they are beautiful and i love watching these spiders.

...from a distance thru a telephoto lens maybe I would... :wink:

 

[tocarmar]

I beleive it is a garden spider. They are not poisonous to us!!! When I took the picture I was about 4 inches away from it. I have also seen one with an orange/red color on the body but that was a few years ago.

 

[Lanmark]

Black and Yellow Argiope -- Argiope aurantia

It's a Black and Yellow Argiope, Argiope aurantia

 

[Justin]

this kind of spider isn't in the least bit aggressive... it's a beautiful and perfectly harmless animal.

 

[cnycharles]

I've seen green and yellow big ones through the years, they never seemed very aggressive... of course I didn't stick my nose too close to them!

 

[Lanmark]

They are beautiful, and they are beneficial! It's just that I'm arachnophobic so I keep my distance. I've had many of these in my garden over the years, and I always allow them to stay.

 

[W. Beetus]

Stunning spider! Very beautiful.

 

[SlipperFan]

this kind of spider isn't in the least bit aggressive... it's a beautiful and perfectly harmless animal.

...from a distance thru a telephoto lens maybe I would... :wink:

They are beautiful, and they are beneficial! It's just that I'm arachnophobic so I keep my distance. I've had many of these in my garden over the years, and I always allow them to stay.

Me, too, Mark! I have a bunch of wolf spiders in my greenhouse (among others) I just wish they'd eat the mealie bugs I just found on a couple Paphs, and the Boisduval scale on a Phrag!

This guy looks huge! I'd hate to be the bug that gets caught in it's web!

 

[Lanmark]

Me, too, Mark! I have a bunch of wolf spiders in my greenhouse (among others) I just wish they'd eat the mealie bugs I just found on a couple Paphs, and the Boisduval scale on a Phrag!

This guy looks huge! I'd hate to be the bug that gets caught in it's web!

Eeek! Wolf spiders! :sob:

I hope you can get those mealies and scales under control quick! Those can both be so insidiously difficult to eradicate! What do you use?

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

I love them! One of my favorite spiders.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Gorgeous spider, but I'd still keep my distance. Eeek!

 

[SlipperFan]

Eeek! Wolf spiders! :sob:

I hope you can get those mealies and scales under control quick! Those can both be so insidiously difficult to eradicate! What do you use?

Alcohol and Tree & Shrub (imiprocloid -- or however it's spelled)

 

[Hera]

Beautiful, but it liiks like it signals how deadly it is by the death mask design on its back. Some Manga artist's dream.

 

[goldenrose]

As kids we called them banana spiders, they do look intimidating especially to someone with arachnophobia!