Joro Spider

[SwimOdin]

Joro spiders are an Asian spider that were introduced to Georgia in 2014 and are spreading around the southeast. They’re non-aggressive and their venom is equivalent to a bee sting. They’re huge as hell, though, and there are now four of them on the periphery of my house, so I’m planning to burn it down. Also that is not my hand.

[André Toulon]

We started getting those (or a reasonable facsimile) after Katrina. We called the banana spiders.  They would build these huge webs between points of destruction, so you'd either hit this web before you see the spider, or see the spider just dead ass floating in the sky, then realize it has a web spanning between these two trees.

Anyway, here's me and my sister discussing our continuous trauma this morning 

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

I'm in the middle of watching Jojo's Bizarre Adventure for the first time, watch it every single night before bed, and I can't not read the thread title as "Jojo's Spider."

[Ric]

Look at that cute little guy

[Raptorpat]

can i just say that I am not a fan

[katt_goddess]

[SwimOdin]

1 hour ago, Raptorpat said:

can i just say that I am not a fan

The webs they make are huge, amazingly intricate, beautiful, and they have a golden sheen. They’re just too damn big. The one on our front porch is MASSIVE. I can’t get a good picture because I’m too scared to get close.

[SwimOdin]

25 minutes ago, katt_goddess said:

If I walked into this web and the spider touched me I would need years of therapy to get over it.

[PhilosipherStoned]

Just a large orb weaver. Not one I've been bitten by so I wont contest whether or not their bite is more painful than a bee sting, but I've handled them more than a few times when I was stationed in Georgia in the army. In my opinion you'd pretty much have to literally press it's head down on your skin for it to even consider biting as opposed to just trying to escape as my friend spencer demonstrates here.

he's also a spider whisperer of sorts though.  He free handled a brazilian wandering spider one time and made it out to be a gentle giant so idk lol.