Name of this spider?

[Thanatos]

I'm curious as to what the name of this spider is. This pretty was in my backyard. Can anybody help? Nobody in the freaky creatures seems to know...

Here it is. I call it "Skull Spider" for lack of anything else to call it...

[sdjenkyn]

call it a banana spider in texas....btw nice photo if u shot it.

[Last Roman]

good god...I'm glad I don't live where ever you do. I ****ing hate spiders.

anyhoo, this website might help.

[NaptownKnight]

There was a Black Widow in my house the other day.... I hate Spiders so much, dude I wouldn't even go near that thing.

[sdjenkyn]

^ KILL IT.......

[Thanatos]

good god...I'm glad I don't live where ever you do. I ****ing hate spiders.

anyhoo, this website might help.

It would... had the links worked, or been relevant to what I was looking for.

Thank you for helping, anyway.

But it does look cool, no?

And it disappeared. No idea where it is now.

And it was quite huge.

[sdjenkyn]

found it.....garden spider....something latin native to the south....google texas spiders

[Thanatos]

Hmm... but I live in California?

And I didn't get my spider. She's too special to be on the internet...

[sdjenkyn]

http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/l-1787.html

[Thanatos]

So, it's a Argiope aurantia, huh? Interesting...

Fine, I'll just call it Argie. Thanks for the find.

I just hope her descendants aren't out there still... There's nothing I hate more than doing gardening and coming face to face with one of those things...

[Sosobra]

Thats is a great picture Thantos you should submit it somewhere .

[sdjenkyn]

Pretty sure they are harmless...scary but harmless......they build there webs kinda high and wide like over doors and I have seen the body as big as 2" without the legs spread out. Will whittle away your local insect population rather nicely.

[Thanatos]

Thanks, Sosobra. But where? It's already in the Freaky Creatures thread...

And I might as well continue to ask for names on creatures I need ID for, because I'm not biologist, unfortunately.

Here's another one... also from the Freaky Creatures thread. Didn't take the pic, though.



Kissy kissy! Bet you guys can't find out the identification of this one!

[LoZz]

Thanks, Sosobra. But where? It's already in the Freaky Creatures thread...

And I might as well continue to ask for names on creatures I need ID for, because I'm not biologist, unfortunately.

Here's another one... also from the Freaky Creatures thread. Didn't take the pic, though.



Kissy kissy! Bet you guys can't find out the identification of this one!

well looking at the legs and the shape of the body i am guessing its from the same family as the centipede

[Last Roman]

well looking at the legs and the shape of the body i am guessing its from the same family as the centipede

I don't think those are legs. Also, legs on centipedes and millipedes are all in a row.

[sdjenkyn]

looks like my Ex ,g'night all.

[Sosobra]

You might try National Geographic ( longshot) or any magazine dealing with animals and bugs.

[Syron]

There are photography competitions that specialise in the natural world. I agree with Sosobra, i very well taken picture.

[Thanatos]

Hmm... but I fear that it would take too long with e-mails, calls, or letters to the editor...

[Sosobra]

Oh and bye the way a bug scientist is called a entomologist and Arachnology is the field that deals with spiders and related cousins