It's hanging out by the outside light. The pics not very good but the spider is yellow and black. My dad said it's a bananna spider or something. I'm just glad it's outside and not in my house. Agggg (sorry the pics so big)
Originally Posted by StacyD1987
They're all over my hometown in FL. Watch out, they're poisonous. I had one on me once when I was little and it freaked my Dad out.
Spray water on it, if you don't want to kill it? If you do, if you have a keyboard air cleaner thing, spray it with that, instant freeze! Bleach is pretty good too if you have it in a spray or any other toxic cleaner. Roach and Bee killer I think has like some kind of compound that gives them a tiny killer voltage.Originally Posted by catlover19
We have a really big spider outside the one door here. It's so gross. I want it gone but I don't know how to get rid of it.
I don't care if it is dead or not but I want it gone. It's always in the same spot right outside and its so gross.Originally Posted by StacyD1987
Spray water on it, if you don't want to kill it? If you do, if you have a keyboard air cleaner thing, spray it with that, instant freeze! Bleach is pretty good too if you have it in a spray or any other toxic cleaner. Roach and Bee killer I think has like some kind of compound that gives them a tiny killer voltage.
I agree. I don't know much about spiders, I'll admit that, but when a big arse Jewel Spider showed up here a few years ago (and her offspring have stayed year after year), I did some research to find out what kind of spider she was (coincidently, the Jewel Spider can also be called the Cat Face spider, due to the way the "butt" part (sorry) resembles the face of a cat), and I came across the Golden Orb Weaver so many times. Actually, I got quite an education on a LOT of garden spiders during those months when I was initially frightened of the Jewel Spider in my backyard and then entranced.Originally Posted by Arlyn
The spider posted is a Golden Orb Weaver, not a Banana spider
Yep, that's it. My spider has a zig zag in it's web exactly like that. Also, it has a silvery hue to it. Cool, I have a golden orb weaver.Originally Posted by Aussie_Dog
To the OP, does your spider have a sort of "weird" pattern in it's web? Golden Orb Weavers seem to have a trademark zig-zag pattern. Check the pic in this link:
Here's a pic that looks almost exactly like the OP's pic (I tried to find one with an abdomen of lighter stripes, but with two distinct yellowish stripes crossing through them)
http://www.forestryimages.org/images...12/5005098.jpg
Family: Araneidae; Genus: Argiope