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  1. 09-07-2005, 08:20 PM #1
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    A Nutha Fer Ya

    Shot this is Texas at Anahuac (near Galveston) .... what is this MONSTER SPIDER?

    I must have seen 50 of them there too!! Those freaky things had 4-6 foot wide webs ACROSS the trail at eye level!! I am not afraid of too many things having raised nearly every exotic known to man, but those things gave me a uneasy feeling!

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    Re: A Nutha Fer Ya

    Quote Originally Posted by paulnj
    Shot this is Texas at Anahuac (near Galveston) .... what is this MONSTER SPIDER?

    I must have seen 50 of them there too!! Those freaky things had 4-6 foot wide webs ACROSS the trail at eye level!! I am not afraid of too many things having raised nearly every exotic known to man, but those things gave me a uneasy feeling!

    BTW... FULL FRAME
    Hey I'm sorry Paul. I hadn't gotten any new notifies about this thread so i asumed there wasn't anything new here.

    What you have there is a Golden silk spider, Nephila clavipes. Commonly confused with theGoldenOrb Web Spider, Nephila maculata.

    They are very common througtout the south right into Texas, and I believe down into Mexcio. One of the widest reach species in N.A.

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    Re: A Nutha Fer Ya

    I KNEW you weren't ignoring my nat geo quality work hahaha

    But John , are they asggresive or any more toxic than your average garden spider? A few were a bit aggressive in stance when we got close, which was not cool . Those hangs looked 4 feet long , but I THINK they were only 1/2 an inch
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    Re: A Nutha Fer Ya

    I KNEW you weren't ignoring my nat geo quality work hahaha

    But John , are they aggressive or any more toxic than your average garden spider? A few were a bit aggressive in stance when we got close, which was not cool . Those fangs looked 4 feet long , but I THINK they were only 1/2 an inch
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    Re: A Nutha Fer Ya

    Locally I have only known them to be agressive when they are guarding a pouch. Bite is no worse than a bee sting, unless you are allergic.
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    Re: For Almo ..

    It's for Almo, as requested, the full sized image that my avatar came from.


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    Re: For Almo ..

    Oh sweetness. I love it!

    Vintage gear so rocks!
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    Re: For Almo ..

    Quote Originally Posted by almo
    Oh sweetness. I love it!

    Vintage gear so rocks!
    Thanks I like it to, the Camera is circa 1988, the lens from various years.
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