Confuscious Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Today, while getting in my car, I spotted this guy/lady about 1 meter away from me. I only was able to take a picture of the underside as the spider was hanging in his/her web and I could not take a picture of the upper side. Anybody knows what kind of spider this is? It had something like a "Clown face" on his/her body and the legs were in an "X" form, 2 by 2. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 mmm.... does it have eight legs or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbhansen Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Banana Spider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 A type of Argiope. Many types. They Like to put zigzags in their webs. I think Banana spider is also used for them, as well as zipper spider and garden spider. The attached one is a SIlver Argiope from Florida. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophon Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Don't know the name of the spider, but based on the markings I'm pretty sure it's the same as one we had in our garden last year. Sophon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 oooh ! I have a fear of looking at spiders ... they make me cringe at the sight of them ... snakes no problem, but I hate spiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuscious Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Sophon said: Don't know the name of the spider, but based on the markings I'm pretty sure it's the same as one we had in our garden last year. Sophon Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Looks even more scary from the top. I think I need to move ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophon Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 A little research indicates that it's a female Argiopi Aemula spider, also known as an Oval St. Andrew's Cross spider (because of the way it positions its legs). Sophon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 6 hours ago, Confuscious said: Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Looks even more scary from the top. I think I need to move ........ Here's the cousin in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 sorta looks like the golden orb spiders that we'd get in Indonesia, harmless but big and creepy...they'd weave big webs near footpaths by the tea plantations at higher cooler elevations (we had a timeshare at Puncak outside of Jakarta) and if ye didn't look where ye were goin' ye'd get giant spider all over yer face and, ugh...and I'm an arachnophobe too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuscious Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) I have in my garden a water tank with 1,500 liter of water capacity. I use this tank only for watering my garden and cleaning gardening tools. But since last week, the tank did not fill up as quick as before and I found some kind of wire in the water. I opened the water tank, and found a spiderweb hanging in the watertank. The spiderweb was made of yarn of 1 mm to 1.5 mm of size. Incredible. The spider who made all this yarn was a little spider with a body length of about 2 cm. Total length, including the legs, was about 8 cm. Does anybody recognise this spider? TIA Edited January 11, 2018 by Confuscious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 When I posted a similar photo of a very large spider in a Phuket hotel a few years one or more repliers thought it was a member of the orb-weaver family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuscious Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 1 hour ago, watcharacters said: When I posted a similar photo of a very large spider in a Phuket hotel a few years one or more repliers thought it was a member of the orb-weaver family. Possible. But I look to identify this spider more accurate. The web in the water, made with thick yarn is something I never seen before. It clogged the water inlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 On 11/01/2018 at 10:36 AM, Confuscious said: I have in my garden a water tank with 1,500 liter of water capacity. I use this tank only for watering my garden and cleaning gardening tools. But since last week, the tank did not fill up as quick as before and I found some kind of wire in the water. I opened the water tank, and found a spiderweb hanging in the watertank. The spiderweb was made of yarn of 1 mm to 1.5 mm of size. Incredible. The spider who made all this yarn was a little spider with a body length of about 2 cm. Total length, including the legs, was about 8 cm. Does anybody recognise this spider? TIA It's a fishing spider. We got lots over here. Class: Dolomedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuscious Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 On 12/01/2018 at 6:53 PM, canuckamuck said: It's a fishing spider. We got lots over here. Class: Dolomedes Thanks for your reply. I have been looking in Google, and found spiders who are similar to the one on my pictures. But, quoting Google, "this spider don't make spider webs." Which spider (or other animal) did make the "webs" which can clearly been spotted in my pictures? Never saw a spiderweb made out a rag of this thickness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Beautiful ! All pics !Sent from my [device_name] using http://Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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