Can anyone identify this spider.

[Erebos]

sorry about the pictures did not want to go to close had whopper fangs and looked like it wanted to eat me.


Cheers Brenton

 

[Jeffa]

Garden orb weaver.

 

[SteveNT]

+1

it would like to eat you but it has to wrap you first and that could be an issue.........

 

[keeper10]

wolf spider golden orbs r very diffident

 

[Digitaliss]

Garden orb weaver.

Agreed

 

[SteveNT]

???????

 

[Digitaliss]

wolf spider golden orbs r very diffident

Actually, I just noticed the pedipalp. I don't think they are this large in garden Orbs..

 

[Jeffa]

How is that a wolf spider?

 

[Digitaliss]

How is that a wolf spider?

I may be mistaken, and I am open to correction as my experience with spiders is only growing. The photo below is of a Garden Orb Weaver spider taken in My garden in QLD

The thing that made me second guess what I thought the spider was, was the length of the pedipalp (small leg like appendages near the mouth) of the spider in the OP (they are quite long).

The garden orb in the image I have posted they are not visible. They are generally small in Garden orbs as far as I am aware

 

[Erebos]

It had fangs about 1 cm long if that helps and I was in canberra.

Is it venomous? And could it kill me dang I swear it wanted to


Cheers Brenton

 

[Wrightpython]

all spiders are venomous and no it cannot kill you. 1 cm long fangs is huge like you get on a funnel web there pedipalps your mistaking for fangs. It is definatly Orb Weaver. Many different species all slightly different maybe golden orb

 

[richoman_3]

pics arnt the best for ID, just looks like a common garden orbweaver

 

[Aussie-Pride]

all spiders are venomous and no it cannot kill you. 1 cm long fangs is huge like you get on a funnel web there pedipalps your mistaking for fangs. It is definatly Orb Weaver. Many different species all slightly different maybe golden orb

Not a golden orb mate, I feed them to my fish

 

[Digitaliss]

Haha, maybe I was right when I first agreed it was a Garden Orb. I should stop second guessing my own opinion.

Though I am not entirely convinced that it is a Garden Orb still

 

[Wrightpython]

Still an orb you reckon

 

[richoman_3]

Not a golden orb mate, I feed them to my fish

who feeds spiders to their fish :S

 

[Erebos]

Well regardless looked scary. I remember the garden orbs in qld looked completely different. But like stated there is heaps of different types.


Cheers Brenton

 

[Digitaliss]

Not a golden orb mate, I feed them to my fish

I don't think it is a Golden orb, they are very different to this.

This is a golden orb.

 

[Wrightpython]

aussie pride obviously feeds spiders to fish. Whats wrong with that?

 

[Erebos]

I do t think it's a wolf spider they look diffrent.


Cheers Brenton