@@TheWildReportOfficialI have always heard these called "Banana Spiders" or "Writing Spiders" while growing up in Virginia. Glad to be more aware of where the names and the confusion comes from. It makes a lot of sense that Spiders which live on *actual banana trees* should get the name "Banana Spider" first lol. This was very informative, thank you!👍
The Golden Orb Weaver was the first spider to fly to space! They are one, if not the top, most accurate hunters in the insect kingdom. It was taken to zero-gravity space to see how, or IF, it could adjust. After a just a bit of being a tad wobbly, it's beautiful web got even more accurate in angles and spacing, to the millimeter. Their strike and kill accuracy also improved beyond what had been documented on Earth. Cool stuff! Gorgeous gorgeous arachnids, hunters and architects. 😍
@@lobodesade6780 yes, I'm sure. They have sent several spiders over the years now and I only know of the orb weavers. I'm sure it's quite possible they've sent up different specimens. You can just Google orb weaver in space. 🙂
@@lobodesade6780 I’ve heard of the golden orb weavers in space, their names were Esmeralda and Gladys 😊 Another super cool thing about the golden orb weaver is the spider silk clothing artists have made using their silk. The more you know, right? Lol!
I was in South Carolina at a friend's family reunion (I'm from Ohio) several years ago. As we were walking back to the car to leave, my attention was temporarily distracted talking to someone behind me and when i turned back around, my face was literally about a foot away from one of these sitting in the middle of a giant perfect spider web spun between two trees maybe 5 or 6 feet off the ground. It looked like something out of a horror movie to me because I thought these things only existed in the tropics. The craziest thing was how big each strand of the spider web was. The spider web looked like a fake movie prop because the strands were so big and they had a golden hue. I was fascinated and I went to research it and yes, I found out it was called a "Golden Orb Weaver". I'm only now finding out that they're not dangerous to humans, but they are definitely the scariest looking spider you will encounter in the US. The spider was bigger than the one in this video BTW. Thanks for sharing.
Wasn’t this the “paralyzing” spider they used in “lost” when the two robbers were skeeming and ended up getting bit and the rest of the island thought they were dead and they got buried alive lol
My gf and friends are spooked out by these as they get pretty big with really long legs and the bright yellow colors they have. I guess its a normal reaction we human have embedded in our DNA over generations of trials and errors of our ancestors. So I understand how they feel cause i sometimes paralyze for a second when i see a snake in the grass or branches & it gives me the heebee-jeebees lol. I leave all spiders alone cause they do us so much good. But eventually I’ll have to clean up the cobwebs that the Silk Spiders make because it’s so huge and there’s so many of them in my back yard 😂 I live in Georgia & us southerners get alot of “wildlife”; insects, arachnids, marsupials (opossums) reptiles, mammals & birds large and small. I have a flowing creek in my backyard with pretty dense woods so I’ve learned to enjoy the circle of life no matter how small it is. There’s a few families of deer that roam around, we hear the owls at night and falcons in the day. I caught a glimpse of a couple blue heron cranes. We’re starting to see more & more wildlife come closer to my home because their habitat is being destroyed and the safest place for them is here. But We’ll get the occasional pack of coyotes too , which is crazy to me because i have never seen or even heard about them around until as of recently. Most likely because all the smaller animals are around now including the deers & I suppose it’s also because more people are moving here and there’s alot of development happening around us & theres nothing anyone can do about it. Its a curse & a blessing. & i don’t live in the country or rural side lol, i live in an underdeveloped suburbs but if you go a couple miles out, its a sprawling city. Thats Georgia for ya lol
Yeah there seems to be an instinctual fear of certain animals for sure, but with experience and education that fear can turn to fascination! Sounds like you've got some neat wildlife around you, I'm a little jealous.
Even though I know these spiders are basically harmless, I still could never hold one! They give me the creeps and I’ve held tarantulas several times and even had one crawl on my face before, but you’ll probably never see me touch one of these.
Something that makes most people less afraid of these spiders is the fact that in any Asian ...."male enhancements" medicines they use these spiders venom because it's a side effect of the venom. People would literally make these spiders bite you to get ready in the bed. It makes the spiders seem more goofy
lol well this started last year when one put her eggs on a cardboard box under a tarp I have set up as a tent and I just left it there thinking it would be cool to see them emerge this spring. Well I ended up with around 20 that decided to stay. I now have around 15 egg cases under same tarp and need to figure out what to do with them all 😂
@@sarahsharp8595 good morning Sara u surprised me lol so let me research a few things. Do u have this spider in your state? In order to know what shipping would cost I need to know your state and zip code maybe. I’m in North Carolina and this is a very common spider here, but would be worried about introducing to state it’s not in . I’ve never tried selling spider egg cases before lol so have no idea what would be fair. How many would u want?
Another harmless spiders that gives me chills, this guy has balls of steel, I can't even pick up a cardinal any more, and they are as common as they come. I would not be going anywhere near that thing. Rule #1 of Nature, if it looks dangerous, it most probably is!
😊🙏 Thank You for more info like this ... Many learn to live in harmony with these scary looking but non-venomous Golden Orb Weaver spiders in their forest parks! 🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊
Ingot bit by a banana spider and my legs swelled up and became bananas. Monkeys were chasing after me for days. Luckily I got bit by a Daddy Long Legs shortly after and my legs turned back to normal, they just grew a little longer.
many are afraid of spiders, but I have discovered from my own house in the country that once they have painstakingly built their web, they do not move there for anything in the world. They are actually very useful in keeping flies and mosquitoes at bay.
This one shows up in a gigantic form in the addictive "Earth Defense Force" video game series, hanging in its web and throwing web strands a really long way at you, almost like fishing lines. If one of the strands happens to catch you, it will slowly pull you in until it can start munching on you. EDF!
Funny how fear mongering works. I remember as a kind my Uncle telling me that spiders sometimes hitch rides from South America on Bananas and that they sometimes kill people. Got to love when one occurrence explodes into a legend…
Had one of these that lived next to the front porch when I was in middle school and living in SC. Wasn’t a fan of spiders then and would stay away from it, but they’re pretty cool.
Working for the parks and recreation in SA TX I came across a nest/web of those that was built over 2 porta-potties that were right next to each other. The web went from the ground, over the top and back to the ground, as if someone had thrown a huge net over both of the portables. There was HUNDREDS of those banana spiders in the web. I know they’re not poisonous. I still left. 😂 I’m just here to cut grass. 😂 Not my circus, not my monkeys.
I love when they make the big white stripe on their web. They are basically saying, "Hey, I live here. Please don't walk face first into my home." Avoids a lot of bad times for both parties.
Very similar to Argiope Aurantia in so many ways. They look a lot alike, they are roughly same size, they are as dangerous as each other, and more. Beautiful creatures.
I got to know since I live in ENC...where abouts do these fine bug exterminators tend to call home in the fine state of North Carolina? Morbidly curious...
I didn't think i would miss north Carolina as much as i did after moving back to my home town in winter of 2021. I lived in central NC since fall of 2006, right before my 24th birthday. I don't miss the trash politics and I'm glad we always lived on base, as its pretty much lord of the flies for anyone not worth at least high 6 figures, but i miss the environment. It was so lovely and i appreciated how easy it was to garden. I live in vegas now and even tho i grew up here, it dosen't feel like home anymore. And i definitely can't garden.
I lived at the throat of the Neuse river in Havelock, NC. One of these spiders lived on the side of my house and he would watch me mow the lawn all the time and chill.
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They have a habit of making their webs conveniently head level between trees 😂
Haha yep
Me when I'm bicycling:
lol
hahaha
U ever stop to think maybe your walking into their home without knocking?
Jokes on them, that's where my mouth is...
Heh they've got leg warmers
Gotta stay warm in the Fall weather!
fluffy bois
Leg floofs
@@TheWildReportOfficialI have always heard these called "Banana Spiders" or "Writing Spiders" while growing up in Virginia. Glad to be more aware of where the names and the confusion comes from.
It makes a lot of sense that Spiders which live on *actual banana trees* should get the name "Banana Spider" first lol. This was very informative, thank you!👍
What is a leg warmer?
The Golden Orb Weaver was the first spider to fly to space! They are one, if not the top, most accurate hunters in the insect kingdom. It was taken to zero-gravity space to see how, or IF, it could adjust. After a just a bit of being a tad wobbly, it's beautiful web got even more accurate in angles and spacing, to the millimeter. Their strike and kill accuracy also improved beyond what had been documented on Earth. Cool stuff! Gorgeous gorgeous arachnids, hunters and architects. 😍
What, what?! That's sick, I had no idea.
@@TheWildReportOfficial Yup, too cool!
are you sure that wasn't a jumping spider you're talking about, they sent one of them to space and it adapted very quickly.
@@lobodesade6780 yes, I'm sure. They have sent several spiders over the years now and I only know of the orb weavers. I'm sure it's quite possible they've sent up different specimens. You can just Google orb weaver in space. 🙂
@@lobodesade6780 I’ve heard of the golden orb weavers in space, their names were Esmeralda and Gladys 😊 Another super cool thing about the golden orb weaver is the spider silk clothing artists have made using their silk. The more you know, right? Lol!
You know? I'm a bit proud of myself from being a former arachnophobe to an arachnid admirer. That has an amazing color scheme to it. 😁
That's awesome, glad you are learning to appreciate our little friends!
Congratulations on conquering your fears. ☺️
I'm starting to be able to watch videos of spiders but I still can't touch them
What changed your mind?
For me, it was seeing the jumping spider. It is too cute to hate and after, I looked at spiders different.
It was jumping spiders that helped me get over it
the male spider: "she's distracted. Now's my chance!"
Their fluffy legwarmers make that they are supercute instead of creepy! Gorgeous little beastie 😍
I always was terribly afraid of spiders... Now I am a proud tarantula mom ❤😂
YES, they are ready for the holidays haha
@@TheWildReportOfficial they absolutely are! 😂
I just want to draw them ❤
@@izzyjones7108 oooh yes! I neeed to see that! 😍
I love how she’s constantly using her pedipalps. Whilst she’s walking across your skin. Lovely little lady.
She was adorable
One of my favorite spiders to see growing up in south FL 🕷️🕸️
They're so cool!
Just recently went hiking and saw one in MD, guess they’re moving up north now too
Same first saw one in gainesville FL. Very cool spider.
Same here. Lots in Gainesville growing up and playing in the woods. Been bitten once but no big deal. Just gorgeous creatures.
We love orb weaver species in the Treasure Coast, and we're spider ambassadors here. ❤
The Golden Silk is such a fascinating creature
Indeed they are!
I love how its using its pedipalps to crawl along your hand 😍
I searched for this comment. Lol
Had the same exact thought. It's kind of adorable.
She looks like she was wiping her face lol (the male was the tiny one a fraction of her size in the first or second clip)
Ever scuttle your fingers along a surface? Apparently spiders do, too
i couldn’t stop laughing at the way it looked like she was dragging them along almost like noo noo from the teletubbies
@@qa377rofl 🤣 That's cute!
I like how it looks up at you like "hey dude you're gunna have to stop moving around so i can start my job"
Nothing beats nearly having one in your face when you are running through the forest as a kid in Florida.
I was in South Carolina at a friend's family reunion (I'm from Ohio) several years ago. As we were walking back to the car to leave, my attention was temporarily distracted talking to someone behind me and when i turned back around, my face was literally about a foot away from one of these sitting in the middle of a giant perfect spider web spun between two trees maybe 5 or 6 feet off the ground. It looked like something out of a horror movie to me because I thought these things only existed in the tropics. The craziest thing was how big each strand of the spider web was. The spider web looked like a fake movie prop because the strands were so big and they had a golden hue. I was fascinated and I went to research it and yes, I found out it was called a "Golden Orb Weaver". I'm only now finding out that they're not dangerous to humans, but they are definitely the scariest looking spider you will encounter in the US. The spider was bigger than the one in this video BTW. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah they legitimately do look fake, especially the big ones with especially golden silk. It's no wonder people are freaked out by them.
I have these spiders in my back yard here in Columbia south carolina they eat the bugs that bother my plants
I went to college in Orangeburg. Spent lots of time in Columbia obviously. Great memories. Spider free though. LOL.
@@raymiller4808
That was an entertaining story. Pretty decent writing. Good descriptions and comparative details.
Wasn’t this the “paralyzing” spider they used in “lost” when the two robbers were skeeming and ended up getting bit and the rest of the island thought they were dead and they got buried alive lol
I've never seen Lost but probably haha
The proper spelling is "scheming"
Not trying to be a dick, knowledge is power.
@@littlewolf9049i agree that knowledge is power, but I actually like 'skeeming' for some reason
@@hollies5841 Probably because it's informal, like wearing your hat backwards. It feels more fun that way.
@@TheWildReportOfficialLost was wild😂
Those spiders are everywhere in Williston,Florida and we did call them Banana spiders.
I remember them making a city of silk high in the trees
I walked right through one's web one time while on night exercise near fort Bragg NC. Not so fun :(
@@patdohrety2940 yeah,their webs are big and strong asf and they'll make one in front of your doorstep overnight if you don't keep them in check.
Is the little one on the web a male
Lol no kidding, lots of em over here in Dunnellon, too
Golden orb weavers. Everywhere here in Florida, their silk really does look like gold in the morning dew.
I used to see them everywhere in South FL, but they seem to have disappeared. I'm glad you're seeing them
I've always heard of them as orb weavers
I remember sharing a class with you at NCSU glad to see youve gone far
No way, what class?
@@TheWildReportOfficial environmental science I think we were almost in a group for the tree measuring project
@@grimripper4179 That's crazy, it feels like that was so long ago haha
I saw one in the wild as a kid and I was literally paralyzed
You r like my sister, she is always terrified by the sight of spiders, i have always been the wild one and i love spiders
Spiders are perfectly fine outside, not inside my housr
@@scholaroftheworldalternatehist Well said
@@retronister8816 I love spiders too. At least I got the kids not to be terrified of them, but they don't really like handling them like I do.
@@scholaroftheworldalternatehistI only let in jumping spiders and cellar spiders to clean up flies and mosquitoes in my house
They get big
Indeed they do!
@TheWildReportOfficial with the right environment they do
Great summary on this spider!
Thank you!
That is a stunningly gorgeous spider, what is it doing walking with its pedipalps? Its so sweet!
Isn't it adorable?!
I used to play with them all the time as a little kid and never once got bit, which says a lot about their temperament.
I like how it was chilling on your hand and staring at you like "wow, this dude knows me better than me."
My gf and friends are spooked out by these as they get pretty big with really long legs and the bright yellow colors they have. I guess its a normal reaction we human have embedded in our DNA over generations of trials and errors of our ancestors. So I understand how they feel cause i sometimes paralyze for a second when i see a snake in the grass or branches & it gives me the heebee-jeebees lol. I leave all spiders alone cause they do us so much good. But eventually I’ll have to clean up the cobwebs that the Silk Spiders make because it’s so huge and there’s so many of them in my back yard 😂
I live in Georgia & us southerners get alot of “wildlife”; insects, arachnids, marsupials (opossums) reptiles, mammals & birds large and small. I have a flowing creek in my backyard with pretty dense woods so I’ve learned to enjoy the circle of life no matter how small it is. There’s a few families of deer that roam around, we hear the owls at night and falcons in the day. I caught a glimpse of a couple blue heron cranes. We’re starting to see more & more wildlife come closer to my home because their habitat is being destroyed and the safest place for them is here. But We’ll get the occasional pack of coyotes too , which is crazy to me because i have never seen or even heard about them around until as of recently. Most likely because all the smaller animals are around now including the deers & I suppose it’s also because more people are moving here and there’s alot of development happening around us & theres nothing anyone can do about it. Its a curse & a blessing.
& i don’t live in the country or rural side lol, i live in an underdeveloped suburbs but if you go a couple miles out, its a sprawling city. Thats Georgia for ya lol
Yeah there seems to be an instinctual fear of certain animals for sure, but with experience and education that fear can turn to fascination! Sounds like you've got some neat wildlife around you, I'm a little jealous.
He doesn't have a nervous system, he has a confident system
I like how it is also using its fangs as legs to walk
Yeah the pedipalps are so cute!
Yeah i see those golden silk spiders alot in Georgia sometimes. everyone calls them banana spiders too
it looks like SpongeBob from the top
thats what i was thinking
Such a beautiful spider,I love how she uses her pedipalps to help her walk. It’s just cute af.
Very cool looking spider, no doubt.
Imagine being okay w spiders and then, as its on your hand, suddenly developing severe arachnaphobia
I like to call those the “nope x3”
Even though I know these spiders are basically harmless, I still could never hold one! They give me the creeps and I’ve held tarantulas several times and even had one crawl on my face before, but you’ll probably never see me touch one of these.
Something that makes most people less afraid of these spiders is the fact that in any Asian ...."male enhancements" medicines they use these spiders venom because it's a side effect of the venom. People would literally make these spiders bite you to get ready in the bed. It makes the spiders seem more goofy
I’ve seen these on Jekyll Island, their webs are so pretty
Heyyyy, just curious because i love evolutionary history. Would you know the closest relative for the golden silk spider? Or orb weavers as a whole!
Yeah man I love these spiders! I have an over abundance of egg cases this year so would share with anyone who might want some!
They are so cool! I've never had someone solicit spider egg casings in my comments section before, haha
lol well this started last year when one put her eggs on a cardboard box under a tarp I have set up as a tent and I just left it there thinking it would be cool to see them emerge this spring. Well I ended up with around 20 that decided to stay. I now have around 15 egg cases under same tarp and need to figure out what to do with them all 😂
@@jamesblake7338 I'll take some off your hands! Are just asking one to cover the shipping charge or selling them?
@@sarahsharp8595 good morning Sara u surprised me lol so let me research a few things. Do u have this spider in your state? In order to know what shipping would cost I need to know your state and zip code maybe. I’m in North Carolina and this is a very common spider here, but would be worried about introducing to state it’s not in . I’ve never tried selling spider egg cases before lol so have no idea what would be fair. How many would u want?
The color scheme, combined with some tricky angling, make it look like the spider has a metal box on its back, like a spider-shaped attack bot 😂
Spiders are one of my favorite animals. Ants are my number one.
If ants were bigger I think I would like them more, it's just hard for me to connect to them.
To each their own. They are just such a well organized little creature and that's pretty damn impressive to me. @@TheWildReportOfficial
Another harmless spiders that gives me chills, this guy has balls of steel, I can't even pick up a cardinal any more, and they are as common as they come. I would not be going anywhere near that thing. Rule #1 of Nature, if it looks dangerous, it most probably is!
Get near their eggs...you will experience fear
😊🙏 Thank You for more info like this ... Many learn to live in harmony with these scary looking but non-venomous Golden Orb Weaver spiders in their forest parks! 🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊
They are absolutely spectacular!
Yes they are!
i love that it looks like they use their pedipalps to walk too
The only thing amazing about arachnids is the level of squeakiness in my voice whenever those little eight-legged demons are around.
Those are the biggest spider where I live next to wolf spiders and you got some balls holding that monstrosity
They're not dangerous so maybe grow some balls
I always knew them as writing spiders.
Neat! We always called the yellow garden spiders writing spiders.
Ingot bit by a banana spider and my legs swelled up and became bananas. Monkeys were chasing after me for days. Luckily I got bit by a Daddy Long Legs shortly after and my legs turned back to normal, they just grew a little longer.
So tragic
I thought the Daddy Long Legs isn’t dangerous.
many are afraid of spiders, but I have discovered from my own house in the country that once they have painstakingly built their web, they do not move there for anything in the world.
They are actually very useful in keeping flies and mosquitoes at bay.
This one shows up in a gigantic form in the addictive "Earth Defense Force" video game series, hanging in its web and throwing web strands a really long way at you, almost like fishing lines. If one of the strands happens to catch you, it will slowly pull you in until it can start munching on you. EDF!
EDF!! EDF!!
What the heck that's so cool!
My favorite spider ❤️ Except for jumping spiders
They are so beautiful. I hope to hold one
They are easy to work with if you want to try!
Imagine being so cool with just handling these terrifying beasts
I was actually bitten by one and died a few years ago in Georgia. I can attest that they are, in fact, deadly to humans.
Rest In Pepperoni my friend
@@TheWildReportOfficial😂
Lmao the fact that people hear the word “banana” and immediately think “yeah that sounds dangerous”
Funny how fear mongering works. I remember as a kind my Uncle telling me that spiders sometimes hitch rides from South America on Bananas and that they sometimes kill people. Got to love when one occurrence explodes into a legend…
Navi: HEY! WATCH OUT!
Link: Jesus Christ, an Skulltula!
Horrifying, but harmless. Sounds like your average arachnid. It'd take me a while before I could let that big boi crawl on me.
I literally thought it was a toy spider from the thumbnail 🤣🤣🤣
If a person wanted to handle one like you did, would you recommend that?
Sure! They are harmless.
So cool. Saw a different type of banana spider in Florida and would check them out every chance I could. They looked like Jimmy Hendrix designed them.
Had one of these that lived next to the front porch when I was in middle school and living in SC. Wasn’t a fan of spiders then and would stay away from it, but they’re pretty cool.
I hate spiders. But they way it walks with it's pedipalps is kinda adorable.
Working for the parks and recreation in SA TX I came across a nest/web of those that was built over 2 porta-potties that were right next to each other.
The web went from the ground, over the top and back to the ground, as if someone had thrown a huge net over both of the portables.
There was HUNDREDS of those banana spiders in the web.
I know they’re not poisonous.
I still left. 😂
I’m just here to cut grass. 😂
Not my circus, not my monkeys.
I love those spiders. I grew up with them all over in FL. Their webs are super strong.
I already got over my fear of spiders but when I saw that spider's mouth grazing over your skin, I had chills down my spine 😨🥶
That is definitely not a Bananna Spider. That is the new silk bug.
spider really be like. "u like my banana biznatch"
I love when they make the big white stripe on their web. They are basically saying, "Hey, I live here. Please don't walk face first into my home." Avoids a lot of bad times for both parties.
She's walking with her pedipalps lol
The thumbnail looked like a pug with a spider costume
Very similar to Argiope Aurantia in so many ways. They look a lot alike, they are roughly same size, they are as dangerous as each other, and more. Beautiful creatures.
True, I actually have a whole video comparing them on my channel!
Such a pretty spider!! Almost looks like a hornet or wasp!
Always thought that spider was poisonous.
Surprise, they're tricking you!
The ones that I remember from vacations were the size of baseballs and we all just pretended they weren’t there out of generalized fear….
When I was a kid in North Carolina I ran head first into one. Scared me so bad thinking it was deadly with that vibrant color.
The colors can definitely be alarming if you aren't sure what you're looking at!
Bros walking with his pedipalps that's so cute
Kind of looks like the Magic School Bus!
Wait a second...
Always loved them. The death-mask carapace is so cool. Worth mentioning that their webs can be huge.
I have four of these in my yard. I love them. They catch so many bugs with their huge webs.
Beautiful little animal... and theircwebs are works of art!
I got to know since I live in ENC...where abouts do these fine bug exterminators tend to call home in the fine state of North Carolina? Morbidly curious...
Wow, they are really pretty! And huge. I've always loved orb weavers. They make really cool webs, too.
I didn't think i would miss north Carolina as much as i did after moving back to my home town in winter of 2021. I lived in central NC since fall of 2006, right before my 24th birthday. I don't miss the trash politics and I'm glad we always lived on base, as its pretty much lord of the flies for anyone not worth at least high 6 figures, but i miss the environment. It was so lovely and i appreciated how easy it was to garden. I live in vegas now and even tho i grew up here, it dosen't feel like home anymore. And i definitely can't garden.
Yeah NC is an amazing place but certainly not flawless. Love our wildlife!
That spider chillin
Spider is thinking "why is this creature talking so much?"
Wow she is such a beautiful Spider
The way it walks across your hand with its little pedipalps 😭😭😭
What elegance!!
That spider looks like a little nanobot.
Plot twist it actually is.
As a kid our science teacher told us these were our “buddies” 😂
What a beautiful spider!
I lived at the throat of the Neuse river in Havelock, NC. One of these spiders lived on the side of my house and he would watch me mow the lawn all the time and chill.
That's a pretty spider.
That spider is beautiful.
Are these the same as joro spider?
Nope, Joro spiders are an invasive cousin!
"Golden Silk Spider" more like "Illegal Spongebob"
Spider kinda got drip lol😂
Those are beautiful. Love the colors
Did y’all make something with the gold silk
No but that would be awesome!