Comments & ID Thoughts
The web is massive, taking up a large portion of the back porch. It's golden looking web also has two sacks waiting to be hatched I think.
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- Submitted: Sep 22, 2022
- Photographed: Sep 19, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Savannah, Georgia, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Found it! Trichonephila clavipes
(Golden Silk Orb-weaver)
I ran into one of these on a nature trail when I was down in Florida earlier this year and it was absolutely massive! This spider has large sexual dimorphism and the males are usually much smaller than the females so I’m assuming this is a female. Amazing photo of a beautiful spider