In August, when we were in Maryland and North Carolina, these black-and-yellow garden spiders (Argiope aurantia) seemed to be everywhere. But this tarantula-sized one was by far the largest. In retrospect I should have put my hand next to it for some perspective.
Aaron, the last time I saw a tarantula was on my Uncle Less’s ranch in Oklahoma when I was a kid. I encountered him on the path I was walking, and he scared me so much that I turned and ran as fast I could back to the ranch house! Even now, I do not know whether he/she was poisonous, and I did not want to find out. I was just overwhelmed to see a spider of that size. Of cours, I have no idea what specie it was, and probably it was different from the one pictured here. But thanks for capturing this critter for your photo collection; I am delighted to get to view him (without fear) up close.–Dad
we have this spider in our filed now in oklahoma..this is the first one i’ve seen outt here.. send us an inquiry and we’ll semd you pictures of a spider like this but alot bigger.. beautiful spider.. and same.. i’ve never seen one like her.. but she is the biggest and most interesting
I’d definitely like to see your spider picture.