Yellow garden spider

[greybeard]

big yellow spider by TOM STRAIGHT, on Flickr

 

[Jeff15]

Nice one......

 

[Jeff G]

NICE!!! Good clean shot Tom.

 

[jcdeboever]

Nice creepy shot. Them things bite.

 

[Lisa Chapman]

Yikes, made me shiver. I'm not afraid of them, not since moving to the US anyways! Wouldn't want to get up close and personal with this one though LOL. Great shot!

 

[oldhippy]

Nice shot, them critters use to scare me so much as a kid. They would shake their web if you got close. Good job. Ed

 

[Lisa Chapman]

Nice shot, them critters use to scare me so much as a kid. They would shake their web if you got close. Good job. Ed

Are they dangerous? Or just intimidating?

 

[oldhippy]

Nice shot, them critters use to scare me so much as a kid. They would shake their web if you got close. Good job. Ed

Are they dangerous? Or just intimidating?

Like a bee sting.

 

[jcdeboever]

Nice shot, them critters use to scare me so much as a kid. They would shake their web if you got close. Good job. Ed

Are they dangerous? Or just intimidating?

I got bit by one last year on my arm trying to get through a thick pocket of wild flowers. I was trying to get a closer shot of a Heron in the water. Yes, it hurt, more like a hornet sting IMO. I had two of them on me. I still have a hard bump of my arm where it bit me.

 

[SquarePeg]

I got bit by one last year on my arm trying to get through a thick pocket of wild flowers. I was trying to get a closer shot of a Heron in the water. Yes, it hurt, more like a hornet sting IMO. I had two of them on me. I still have a hard bump of my arm where it bit me.

If you start getting the urge to fight crime, let us know.

 

[jcdeboever]

I got bit by one last year on my arm trying to get through a thick pocket of wild flowers. I was trying to get a closer shot of a Heron in the water. Yes, it hurt, more like a hornet sting IMO. I had two of them on me. I still have a hard bump of my arm where it bit me.

If you start getting the urge to fight crime, let us know.

Captain Silver Face?

 

[SquarePeg]

The Silver Spider?

 

[Lisa Chapman]

Ouch, that sounds unpleasant. I get bitten by the Wolf spiders that live in my window well all the time, they are a giant pain but, they kill the Mosquito's and I am highly allergic to them so.... the spiders and I remain somewhat friendly.

 

[jcdeboever]

The Silver Spider?

I think, if I recall correctly, the original species name means silver face. We used to call them corn spiders or zig zag spiders. They all have a silver colored heads. They are pretty abundant here is Michigan.

 

[Lisa Chapman]

I Googled "Silver Face Spider" and went to images. Became immediately itchy....