treetom
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Post by treetom on Sept 17, 2024 18:48:28 GMT -5
They have made a beachhead here in N. Ga. They are here by the thousands mobilized by air so they take territory in large swaths quickly. They can be dangerous if confronted and they make lots of offspring. We have them appear in large numbers daily with their hastily made but large extremely strong fortifications. When we kill them they remain in the structure defiant in death. The strong holds can be low or high in the trees and other vantage points. When the forts they build are abandoned they last far longer and support more weight in debris then the old school similar type structures. The JORO spiders have returned in greater numbers than ever. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/people-across-north-georgia-report-thousands-sightings-giant-flying-spiders/5IEFROXI4ZCOFNG25I6D3AKC7A/ |
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Post by gardawg on Sept 17, 2024 19:52:21 GMT -5
and they are here to stay  |
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Post by madbeach on Sept 17, 2024 20:28:37 GMT -5
Looks like a banana spider to me. Maybe I've always called a Joro Spider a Banana? All I know is that where I live, you will get it in your face. Don't freak out. Never heard of anyone getting bit. |
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Post by tonyroma on Sept 17, 2024 22:21:36 GMT -5
The spiders that many Floridians call banana spiders are actually garden spiders. Big fuckers, strong web with the defined design in the middle.
I believe Banana spiders are venomous and are from South America. Not willing to bet on that info but I think most is correct.
That flying Joro nightmare looks to be similar to a garden spider but the thorax seems to be a shade of green. Not the predominate yellow and black of the garden spider.
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Post by stc1993 on Sept 17, 2024 22:30:36 GMT -5
That's what we called them too. Garden spiders. I hàted running into their webs when I was a kid.
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Post by tonyroma on Sept 17, 2024 22:38:46 GMT -5
We were shrooming in a cow pasture off 95 in Palm Bay. Just so happened the rancher seen us on his 4 wheeler from across the pasture. Bet I ran through 100 garden spider webs avoiding an ass whooping. Adrenaline and wanting to keep your teeth is a hell of a motivator.
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Post by madbeach on Sept 17, 2024 22:48:50 GMT -5
Is it a Florida Golden Silk Orb-Weaver? Just looked it up..
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Post by tonyroma on Sept 17, 2024 23:14:56 GMT -5
Is it a Florida Golden Silk Orb-Weaver? Just looked it up.. Florida Garden Spider looks very similar, you sent me down the google hole. |
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Post by billybob on Sept 18, 2024 7:17:31 GMT -5
My place is covered up. Plus regular spiders too
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Post by cadman on Sept 18, 2024 8:04:53 GMT -5
Is it a Florida Golden Silk Orb-Weaver? Just looked it up.. Golden silk are the ones in the trees that get you at face height. i had several at my old house. |
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Post by swampdog on Sept 18, 2024 12:18:45 GMT -5
When I was a teen we kept a stick mounted on the front middle of an old woods jeep just to keep the spider webs from hitting and draping across our faces and bodies. Many citrus grove “goats” had the same thing to keep the webs and spiders off the drivers.
Probably walked through a ton of them rambling our woods in my lifetime. Just brush them off and keep rambling.
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Post by jmarkb on Sept 19, 2024 7:24:52 GMT -5
When I was a teen we kept a stick mounted on the front middle of an old woods jeep just to keep the spider webs from hitting and draping across our faces and bodies. Many citrus grove “goats” had the same thing to keep the webs and spiders off the drivers. Probably walked through a ton of them rambling our woods in my lifetime. Just brush them off and keep rambling. Swamp, you giving me memories from a while back. We put sticks up on the tractors to knock them down in the groves. I haven't heard anyone talking about a "goat" in a long time either. The worst thing about those spiders is when you're walking to your deer stand in the dark and get one in your face. |
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Post by slough on Sept 19, 2024 10:43:45 GMT -5
The worst thing about those spiders is when you're walking to your deer stand in the dark and get one in your face. That's when you learn Karate |
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