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Yes, this is a golden orb weaver and
probably a female as the males are usually smaller -
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20 February, 2012:
Hi Glen,
I found this one in Kindu, Maniema, Rep Dem Congo.
I think it’s a golden orb weaver but it’s slightly different from the ones I can find on your site.
This one has more yellow and the black stripes don’t cross the entire body.
Is this a female?
Thanks
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This is a golden orb weaver -
glen
4 June, 2011:
Hello
Came across your site while trying to identify a spider on the net, have
had no luck at all.
Cant really tell size from the pic, its probably about 12cm (front to
back legs)
its also got white spots under its abdomen
Thanks!
Regards
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29 April, 2011:
Hi Glen
Can you help me identify this spider? I live in the Limpopo province, South-Africa and this is where I found it. Its almost as big as my hand,the body an inch long with long thick legs(hairy on the middle knuckles) The web is surprisenly very strong and very densely spun over a meter or so. I took some pics from all sides to show you better. Hope you can help me.
Kind Regards
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glen
13 March, 2011:
Hi Glen
What a great web site.
I took this picture earlier this week! Everywhere in our areas you find these spiders. I live in Reebok, near Mossel Bay in South Africa.
What kind of spider is this and is it dangerous??
Hope you can help!
Kind regards,
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I'd say this is a golden orb weaver -
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16 February, 2011:
Hi Glen,
Please can u help us identify this spider.
We live in south africa and have never see anything like it.
It is protecting a egg sac and sharing a web with a much small spider which we assume is the male. It is also the size of a palm on a persons hand. It has made a nest outside our kitchen window,which is about 5 meter off the ground. In what seems to look like a funnel web, and the web surrounding it is about 1 meter wide.
Your assistance would gladly be appreciated,as this is the closes picture we could get so far and is unsure if it is harmful the humans or not.
Thank you
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14 August, 2010:
Hi,
This spider lives on the stoop of our house in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. It is so stunningly beautiful that I thought you may life a picture of it. I came across your web site while trying to ID the particular spider.
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Reply: This is a golden silk orb
weaver and they are not particularly dangerous - glen
24 April, 2010
Hi
Can you please identify this spider for me and also indicate if it is dangerous? It has taken residence in our back garden in Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
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5 April, 2010
Would you be so kind to help me indentify these spiders.
1. Are they the same?
2. Found our farm in Namibia (Southern Africa)
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Reply: These are golden orb weavers. You can see the
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24 April, 2009:
Hi Glen
Found your site via Google and was hoping you could help with identifying the spider that has taken up residence in our garden. We live in Cape Town, South Africa, and found this specimen after a weekend away.
We have a two year old daughter, and want to find out if we can leave the spider where he is, or if we should take it to the reptile farm or another garden.
Thanks for your help – look forward to hearing from you.
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of a golden orb weaver. The smaller spider is the male.
17 March, 2009:
Hi Glen.I went to your web site accidently to be honnest. I have comeback recently from capetown, and i have taken few nice photographies that i thought would be nice to share with someone who is this much fascinated with spiders. Regards Pawel.
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17 March, 2009:
Hi
I stumbled across your website while trying to identify a spider, I took the
photo in Kwazulu Natal - South Africa at a friends wedding, there were
several of these spiders (some more black than yellow), some were bigger
than my hand and the webs were between tress strectching several metres
across. Can you tell me what it is?
Thanks
Wesley
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4 March, 2009:
Hi Glen
Found your site via Google and was hoping you could help with identifying the spider that has taken up residence in our garden. We live in Cape Town, South Africa, and found this specimen after a weekend away.
We have a two year old daughter, and want to find out if we can leave the spider where he is, or if we should take it to the reptile farm or another garden.
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4 March, 2009:
Dear Glen,
In South Africa in the North-West Province near the town of Brits, many of these spiders spin their webs across the footpaths in the veld. Are they typically South African, or the same as the USA and Australian. |
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20 February, 2008:
Good Day I was just wondering if you could please tell me what kind
of spider this is? I live in Cape Town, South Africa and I came
across this spider in our garden. It has a huge web and has
grown over the past week. This is the closest I could get to it
without damaging its web. I am very interested to find out more
about it and if its harmful? Our dog is in the same area has it
and I'm scared it may bit her. I look forward to your reply,
Kindest Regards,
Kerry
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19 December, 2005:
Hi there, My name is Susan Sheper. We live in Kinshasa, in the Democratic
Republic of
the Congo (Central Africa). Twice over the last 12 years, we have
found this amazing spider spinning it's golden web on our property.
Today was the second time. This morning, my husband and I were out
walking around our yard when we spotted this beauty gleaming in the
sun. Its web extends up from the top of the bush about 3 meters to
where a few strands hook onto the trunk of a palm tree. (see photo:
golden web2) The web is distinctly yellow and has areas of real
ordered weaving and other areas that are just messy. (photo: golden
web) The body is smooth with some hair on parts of the legs. The
body alone measures about 3cm long.(photos: spiderFront, spiderBack)
We immediately searched the net to see if we could find out what
kind of a spider it is and if it is harmful either to us, our kids
or our cats - but search as we did, we couldn't find this particular
one. Do you know anything about it? Is it rare? Or is there just a
shortage of spider hunters in Central Africa? If you can't identify
this guy, can you point us in the direction of someone who could?
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15 April, 2005:
Hello Glen, My name is brandon from South Africa -
johannesburg. I found this spider in my garden about three weeks
ago. I think it is part of the golden orb weaver family (i do not
know much about spiders), but am fascinated with this one. I have
been feeding it moths, crickets, beetles ect. The web is definatley
a golden colour. there are two other much smaller spiders crawling
around on his web - they look to be parasitic ?? or could they be
males ?? i found him in a tree about 3 meters high and the web
is probably 600mm square. I live in an urban area - houses all
around with average gardens ? Could you maybe help to identify
exactly which spider this is ? seeing as though we have similar
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