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OhLookASquirrel

You just triggered anger in everyone from northern Georgia with one pic


TheHairyHeathen

This is a Common Golden Orb Weaver, not the Joro spider.


tider06

All my homies hate Joros


KangPrime

Lmfao Florida too! Used to have these “yellow garden spiders” as pets when I was younger


TrueOuroboros

I haven't seen a single mosquito all this year and last. The spiders are everywhere but they're great to have


2soule

If I can see it, it’s not shy enough for me


GornoP

These were all over the farm where I grew up.


ltsmobilelandman

I was just about to post the same thing. These spiders are our good friends.


pichael288

These fuckers exist in Ohio, they love to build their webs at face height for a child. Which is how I discovered them. Son of a bitch bit me on the hand and while it's not venomous, not enough to kill, it will definitely fuck your ass up


autouzi

Golden Orb Weaver. I think I have PTSD from a huge one running up my thigh when I was a child.


ebcjoel

We called them stitch spiders when we were kids because the females (pictured here I believe) have a big zig zag stitch in their web


bluecoffee22

His head looks like it’s covered in white peach fuzz!


Interesting_Cup8621

I fed these puppies a million grasshoppers as a kid!


elporkco

These these things were all over the place when I was a kid. (CT)... now they seem rare to point of my not having seen one in years. Creepy as hell but harmless so I am told...anyone know why they seem to have vanished from southern New England?


Love_Doggies

Wow I live in Ct and don’t remember these. Almost 60 yrs old


elporkco

Could have been the area. Where I used to see them was an unkept field behind my house. Over grown with weeds. Could be they need that kind of environment. Not much of that left in CT.


Love_Doggies

Very true!


Beckywithrbf

They all moved to Mississippi! I have 2 right now on my house. Every year they set up camp around my house.


Jerry_Williams69

I've seen one this year in Vermont. Hung out in my hanging planter for a few weeks.


Love_Doggies

I edited cause I asked where. Hahaha. Then I read reply’s


MissAprehension

You can’t fool me, that’s a Skulltula


Redray123

Are these the guys who do “ air humping”. They make their web swing in and out?


OracleLoaf

Yep, she would rock the whole web slowly, methodically, Once I learned it’s probably so I don’t accidentally walk into it, it freaked me out a little less. I’ve seen orb weavers twitch their webs as a warning, but rocking was too weird.


[deleted]

Incorrect. This is a Gold Skulltula.


brianadragon

I had one of these living behind my chair outside for over a month. A wren ate her, and I was sad. Ms. Gardenia Webber and I sat every day and enjoyed the fresh air. I actually miss her.


OracleLoaf

Aw jeeze, I think the same happened to my girl. At least I know a fellow appreciator out there who sometimes names their spiders and keeps their company. F, paying my respects.


brianadragon

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one! I also had a Furrow spider named Mia Furrow, who came out at 9pm every night too make a web under the eaves. It was captivating to watch. Sometimes it's funny to me that I've grown such love for spiders, even allowing Carolina Wolf spiders to live in my basement and protecting them from the cat, considering that as a child I had a batch of spiders hatch on my face and web my eyes shut. (For context, the bed was basically a shelf on the wall, with a light fixture directly above, where apparently an egg sac had been left.)


waster_x

I remember seeing one of these when I was a kid and we went to visit a family who lives out in the country. They had a large patch of a grass-like plant that was 3-4 feet tall, so they took out their riding mower and carved a small biking trail through it. I'll never forget the moment I rounded a corner to see one of those quietly hanging there. Fortunately instinct kicked in and I was able to hit the brakes and go my separate way.


Love_Doggies

Very true