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- Submitted: Apr 17, 2019
- Photographed: Jul 21, 2018
- Spider: Trichonephila clavipes (Golden Silk Orb-weaver)
- Location: Live Oak, Florida, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal
Hi. This is a gold silk orb weaver Nephila clavipes species. They are mildly venomous, but very reluctant to bite, no worse than a bee sting. Very docile and not aggressive at all.
Actually one of few spiders they let children handle at bug fairs.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2023