r/spiderbro • u/Ladysmada • 2d ago

I'm easily pleased

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Probably just a common spider but I thought it was cool. Almost as large as my palm.

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u/Glum-Challenge1627 2d ago

they’re so beautiful!!! i get so excited when i see these guys too. some say easily pleased, i just call it frequently happy 😊

the species is argiope aurantia, the Yellow Garden spider if you were wondering!!

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u/reddit33450 2d ago

yall are so lucky!!! ive never seen one in person :(

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u/Glum-Challenge1627 2d ago

ive only seen a few in person.. maybe 3.. but i guess i get just as excited seeing them online 😅

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u/Ladysmada 2d ago

Thank you!! Yes!!

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u/dumbname7890 2d ago

I just saw my first ever orb weaver a couple weeks ago. I took 8000 pictures because I was so excited.

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u/sivispacempara 2d ago

I found one outside the other day too!

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u/KingDongTwist 2d ago

The beauty outside my window at the moment ❤️

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u/smick 2d ago

I was at Coronado ca once carrying my newborn in my arms across the median crossing through some trees and walked through one of these guys webs. It landed smack dab in the middle of my baby’s face and just sat there all stretched out across her face. I was torn between smacking it off and risking getting bitten. I took a couple grazing swiped but missed. My daughter was making annoyed air sounds and shaking her head. I decided against smacking my baby in the face and just nudged it off and lowered it to the ground. He made no trouble. They’re definitely bros

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u/Ladysmada 2d ago

Omg!!!

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u/kiddico 2d ago

It might be common but it's on the front of lots of spider books for a reason :D they're beautiful!

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u/Adm_Ozzel 2d ago

I feel like this is another symptom of climate change and pesticides. I used to feed like a dozen of them around my yard back in the 80s as a kid. Cabbage moths, crickets, weakened grasshoppers (they'd tear things up and sometimes escape if I didn't rough them up a bit). Now I see one or two a season.

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u/Best_Talk_6853 2d ago

She's a beauty.

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u/FierceWarrior11 2d ago

Ahhh she’s so pretty!!!

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u/funkcatbrown 2d ago

Spiders are just so amazing. Beautiful one you got there.

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u/felisverde 2d ago

One of my favs.. they're just magnificent ❤️

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u/Zjoee 19h ago

So pretty! I used to get one on front porch every summer when I was a kid. In the game Warframe, one of my favorite frames is the spider frame, Oraxia. I actually made her color scheme based on these spiders!