PuddingPainter on April 5th, 2022 at 12:30 UTC »
I never forget cutting grass and walked right into it's web all in my face. Scared the crap out of me knowing those spiders are that big.
gopherphart on April 5th, 2022 at 13:24 UTC »
It appears to be an argiope australis which is a type of garden orb weaver
http://biodiversityexplorer.info/arachnids/spiders/araneidae/argiope.htm
ZynaxNeon on April 5th, 2022 at 15:24 UTC »
I live pretty far north (Sweden) and don't meet many "exotic" looking spiders but everytime I see a post about one it makes me want to move further north. Not even the arctic cold would give me this amount of chills.
PuddingPainter on April 5th, 2022 at 12:30 UTC »
I never forget cutting grass and walked right into it's web all in my face. Scared the crap out of me knowing those spiders are that big.
gopherphart on April 5th, 2022 at 13:24 UTC »
It appears to be an argiope australis which is a type of garden orb weaver
http://biodiversityexplorer.info/arachnids/spiders/araneidae/argiope.htm
ZynaxNeon on April 5th, 2022 at 15:24 UTC »
I live pretty far north (Sweden) and don't meet many "exotic" looking spiders but everytime I see a post about one it makes me want to move further north. Not even the arctic cold would give me this amount of chills.