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Any Spider Experts?

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  1. BulldogCafe BulldogCafe is offline

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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 7:53pm)

    I was in the phillipines recently and came across this badboy... does anybody know what it is? It was fairly big, maybe 6 inches or so. The body is about the size of a bic lighter.

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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 7:55pm) in reply to BulldogCafe

    PM TheWacoKidd he is an expert!
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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 7:56pm) in reply to CrownMyCoke

     
    Originally Posted by CrownMyCoke View Post

    PM TheWacoKidd he is an expert!

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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 7:58pm) in reply to BulldogCafe

    looks like an orb web spider. hold on and see if i can find it.

    *edit*

    i think this might be it. it's in the orb spider family genus or wtf it's called.
    http://richard-seaman.com/Insects/Ja...ood/index.html
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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 8:08pm) in reply to timthegem

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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 8:10pm) in reply to LDM

     
    Originally Posted by LDM View Post

    looks like an orb web spider. hold on and see if i can find it.

    *edit*

    i think this might be it. it's in the orb spider family genus or wtf it's called.
    http://richard-seaman.com/Insects/Ja...ood/index.html

    That's fairly similar, but the not enough yellow... the pic i took is looking at the spider's underside, so who knows... probably closely related tho...
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  8. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 8:50pm) in reply to BulldogCafe

    pretty sure there are at least a few thousand species of orb weavers so could be hard to id lol

    that is a fkn bad boy tho... lemme see if I can find something similar
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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 8:56pm) in reply to BulldogCafe

    if it's not some type of black and yellow argiope it is something very similar:
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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 9:01pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    if it's not some type of black and yellow argiope it is something very similar:

    thats a good one too, but the body/leg ratio is way off from my op spider.... dam thats a fat bastard...
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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 9:03pm) in reply to BulldogCafe

    yea but there are many different kinds of argiopes and depending on where they are they are shaped differently... it's just my best guess

    does the web have the zigzag pattern anywhere?

    the guess above is pretty good, could be a type of giant wood spider or "banana" spider
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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 9:09pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    i don't recall any obvious zigzag pattern, i'll post another pic from a slightly different angle...

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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 9:45pm) in reply to BulldogCafe

    some of the lower pics in the link i posted above have similar markings on the under belly.
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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 9:45pm) in reply to BulldogCafe

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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 9:49pm) in reply to LDM

    on second look, i think the wood spider is the winner... nice work!
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    Sep 2nd, 2008 (9/2/2008 9:56pm) in reply to ihaterats

     
    Originally Posted by ess286 View Post

    I hope you all die

    LMFAO!!!! I can't stop! I can't stop laughing! LOOOOOOOOL!

    Awesome!
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