Identify this spider!

[BowhunterNJ]

Biggest spider I've ever seen in NJ!

 

 

 

 

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[Rusty]

Spotted orb weaver?

[BowhunterNJ]

Good call, that looks right to me!

[LittleM]

It would have been unidentifiable about 10 seconds after I saw (about 5 seconds after I recomposed myself after screaming like a .......................)

[BowhunterNJ]

I gotta say if that thing was crawling around actively instead of mostly dead and hardly moving...I probably would have screamed like a 5 yr old girl and stomped it or just ran and hid behind a tree.  Coincidentally, I found a wasp nest yesterday evening in the nearest tree and sprayed the hell out of those mofos.  That could have been a very bad day!  Even more coincidental, I got stung by a wasp a few hours earlier in a completely different area down the road from my house...first time I've been stung in I don't know how long...15-20 years?  Swelled up nicely, normal swelling, nothing crazy.  Surprised how long the pain lasted, not a big deal, but was interesting to see how tender to the touch the sting was for several hours...even now a day later still feel it a bit.

[Haskell_Hunter]

Wusses, the lot of you!

 

I had an orbital spider create a 10' web on the other side of my sliding glass door.  Me and the kids used to catch moths and throw them into the web to create our own Wild Kingdom™ episodes. I also used to grab the yellow jackets at night from their nest and throw them into the web too.

[CJ3a]

From NC today

[Rusty]

From NC today

 

Black and yellow garden spider, nice picture!