Unidentified

Picture ID 113884

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

Is dangerous for humans?

  • Submitted by: 
    ASUSCOL222
  • Submitted: Jun 29, 2020
  • Photographed: Jun 29, 2020
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia
  • Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes:
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Helper-Harvestman

This is Trichonephila clavipes, the Golden Silk Orb-weaver. In spite of their impressive size, they are not dangerous to humans but beneficial, as they consume large numbers of flying insects, including disease-carrying mosquitoes.