Comments on: Black and Yellow Garden Spider

By: Chris M

Chris M — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:43:28 +0000

My pleasure Bessie! Glad I could assist :)

By: Bessie

Bessie — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:09:22 +0000

I recently found two in my garden! thank you for the information as we wondered if she now named”Charlotte” was posonous! she gets fed crickets for breakfast and she is absolutly gorgeous!

By: AJ Nel

AJ Nel — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:09:54 +0000

Sorry did not see the second photo.. def not a golden orb

By: AJ Nel

AJ Nel — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:08:03 +0000

Pretty sure that was a golden orb (though photo is not 100% clear.) Did it have what looked like two eyes on a black and yellow banded body?

By: Chris M

Chris M — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:02:17 +0000

Wow, going to go and have a Google :)

By: BlindCripple

BlindCripple — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:49:06 +0000

Tara, i’m definitely going to use that contact.

Chris – They’re amazing. Build webs across roads with golden silk. You actually can’t imagine how awesome it looks when the sun rises over the web…

By: Chris M

Chris M — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:26:47 +0000

Hehe, they’re ok, I guess ;)

Nope, I didn’t! Only saw brown household spiders whilst there and a few others, but nothing that stood out to be honest..

By: BlindCripple

BlindCripple — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:24:04 +0000

Spiders are awesome! Orb spiders are spectacular! Did you see the golden orb while you were in Bots?

By: Chris M

Chris M — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:55:26 +0000

Hehe, my fear is cockroaches hey, those things seriously freak me out. Lol.. the one time, my fiance squashed one with her bare foot because I couldn’t even do it in a shoe – true story *blush*

Yar bro, for some reason it looks like a spider that would spit poison, duno why, just kept thinking that. It’s often the bright and colourful ones that aren’t dangerous because that’s what the colours are for, however, for those who aren’t as pimped, they get the BITE.

Glad you enjoyed it :)

By: Gallo

Gallo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:23:06 +0000

Chris, that’s a nice blog post. Even though I handle snakes and had a boa for several years, I’m shit scared of spiders!!

I saw that exact type of spider several times and I always thought, “if that thing bites me, I’m screwed”.

In nature, the bright colours usually funtions as a defense mechanism to warn off other predator insects and animals, and says that they are toxic and “dangerous”. I find it odd that they are not. I’m also relieved though.

Thanks for the post!
Gallo