Unidentified

Picture ID 134543

Picture of unidentified spider
  • Submitted by: 
    BVZ
  • Submitted: Feb 26, 2021
  • Photographed: Feb 26, 2021
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Flamingo vlei Cape Town , South Africa
  • Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
  • Found in web?: Yes
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TangledWeb

She looks like Trichonephila fenestra, a Hairy Golden Orbweaver. They DO look scary, but they aren’t dangerous to humans. I’ve seen similar large Orbweavers in USA and they look intimidating, especially when the are near your face. It’s the tiny males of this species that need to be scared. When they carefully approach a female they need to be obvious that the intent is that they are there to mate – not to be eaten.