The Nature Photography Thread

[adamanteus]

I looked up the Latin name, and it says they're venomous!

All (nearly all) spiders are venomous, but not dangerously so. Argiope is no threat to humans.

[Elliot]

All (nearly all) spiders are venomous, but not dangerously so. Argiope is no threat to humans.

I steer clear of big spiders, or really spiders in general anyway.

[stonyloam]

You are really making me work now James. I looked up a photo of A. bruennichi, and said to myself "I have seen them". So I did a little more research and it appears that the spiders that I have seen around here are in fact the banded garden spider Argiope trifasciata. A. bruennichi, as far as I can tell does not live in the U.S.

[adamanteus]

Thanks, Terry. I'll look up A. trifasciata and extend my knowledge a little.....I've never heard of that one.

[stonyloam]

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Thanks, Terry. I'll look up A. trifasciata and extend my knowledge a little.....I've never heard of that one.

It looks like they could easily be mistaken one for the other.

[adamanteus]

quote:
Thanks, Terry. I'll look up A. trifasciata and extend my knowledge a little.....I've never heard of that one.

It looks like they could easily be mistaken one for the other.

Quite easy for us Europeans as we only have A. bruennichi!

[reptileparadise]

[adamanteus]

Excellent photo, Sjoerd!

[Stefan-A]

Very nice close-up!

[drache]

frogs sitting