Spiders in Outer Banks

[Beattie]

I am going to the Outer Banks this year for vacation. I was thinking back to last year when I was there, there were all these spiders around where we were in Kill Devil Hills. They were these sort of large, maybe 2-3-4 inches long black and yellow, I think, things. Does anyone know what kind of spider this is? I am sorry, I dont have any pics of them...

 

[DorkBoy]

WRITING SPIDER

pic - link

 

[SpunkyJones]

Red IP's

 

[Beattie]

Originally posted by: DorkBoy
WRITING SPIDER

pic - link

Yea, they were kind of like that, but thier bodies were thicker... and thier legs thicker also...

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Beattie

Originally posted by: DorkBoy
WRITING SPIDER

pic - link

Yea, they were kind of like that, but thier bodies were thicker... and thier legs thicker also...

They'd been eating lard.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: Beattie

Originally posted by: DorkBoy
WRITING SPIDER

pic - link

Yea, they were kind of like that, but thier bodies were thicker... and thier legs thicker also...

They'd been eating lard.

:laugh:

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Beattie

Originally posted by: DorkBoy
WRITING SPIDER

pic - link

Yea, they were kind of like that, but thier bodies were thicker... and thier legs thicker also...

Did they make a web that looked like that one? Yes or No.

If so, then its a species of Argiope. We have them here and they are quite big (females).

 

[aircooled]

Most of the writing spiders I've seen are bigger than the one in the pic, but the zig-zag center of the web will let you know.