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Comments & ID Thoughts
No idea, hoping someone can tell me! Have kids that play in the yard want to make sure its safe.
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- Submitted: Dec 2, 2021
- Photographed: Dec 2, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Hollywood, Florida, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
I think she’s Eriophora ravilla, a Tropical Orbweaver. She can bite in self-defense, but she isn’t dangerous to people. During daylight hours she’ll probably find a place to hide and rest unless it is very cloudy. No dangerous spiders make webs in that shape, though the web design is used in Halloween decorations. The kids can be taught that holding a spider too tightly or pressing their skin against a spider causes it to feel pain and be scared of being trapped. Like most animals that are trapped, hurt, and afraid, it will bite to make the thing hurting them… Read more »