Comments & ID Thoughts
Is dangerous for humans?
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- 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:
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.