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#1
12-03-2003 17:48
What state? How big was it?
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#2
12-03-2003 18:00
It was in eastern PA at Windsor Furnace - not far from the Pinnacle. The body was about an inch and a half with the legs a little longer.
Let me know if you need a hiking buddy when you are in the eastern part of pa. Our goal is to do NY next year on a 5 day trip and some day hikes from Route 309 to NJ here in PA and maybe that little part in WV next year as well. -
#3
12-03-2003 20:39
We used to call those Garden Spiders in my younger days. Throw a grasshopper on the web and watch the show. The middle of the web always had a zig-zag design.
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#4
12-03-2003 22:54
I almost walked into something about this big that was building its web right across the trail. It was by far the biggest spider I had seen in the wild. It took me three swipes of my poles to move the web off to the side (another good reason for using poles!).
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#5
12-05-2003 11:18
Someone smarter than me says it is a Female Black & Yellow Argiope (argiope aurantia).
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#6
12-05-2003 15:04
So does that mean "take me to your leader - I'm here to conquer the earth" or squash me, I'm an insignificant bug? We got pretty close. My wife actually had her hand touching the web about 2 inches from the monster in question.
By the way...tonight we are going to see the new Warren Miller Ski movie - Journey at Northampton Community College while it's snowing 2-4 inches! Nice mood setting!! Check it out at www.warrenmiller.com .
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#7
12-06-2003 19:14
"So does that mean "take me to your leader - I'm here to conquer the earth" or squash me, I'm an insignificant bug? We got pretty close. My wife actually had her hand touching the web about 2 inches from the monster in question."
According to my arachnophile source, this fearsome looking critter is utterly harmless to humans. However, it evidently wraps prey in a solid cocoon of webbing. -
#8
12-08-2003 07:39
I didn't know what kind of spider it was but we have those spiders building on our porch all the time. I started to sweep it down last summer and noticed the web was literally full of mosquitos that had been captured. I left the web in tact the rest of the summer as a mosquito deterrent! Very good detail in the photo. Good job.
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#9
10-31-2005 21:34
Re: Nasty
Argiope aurantia - Black and Yellow Garden Spider
http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_argiope_aurantia.htm -
#10
07-28-2006 01:10
Absolutely beautiful
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