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Crazy Honda
09-01-2005, 11:33 AM
Anyone know what kind this is? I remember seeing them in Texas a long time ago like when I was five just one of those things I got beat for messing with as I recall my dad called it a banana spider? anyone know?

http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/Racer98/Picture%20019.jpg
Flynbryan19
09-01-2005, 11:40 AM
We call em' garden spiders around here. I don't know they're real name though.:ermm: They get BIG. They don't hurt anything, and I've heard they're good for gardens.
Crazy Honda
09-01-2005, 11:44 AM
Yea this one is about 2 1/2 in long looks kinda neat.
WKY400EX
09-01-2005, 11:59 AM
Originally posted by Crazy Honda
Anyone know what kind this is? I remember seeing them in Texas a long time ago like when I was five just one of those things I got beat for messing with as I recall my dad called it a banana spider? anyone know?

http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/Racer98/Picture%20019.jpg That's what I call them. Banana spiders. They do get pretty big, but they won't hurt anything (except other insects). I've had one of them hanging out just outside the backdoor for about a week.
Crazy Honda
09-01-2005, 12:04 PM
Thats what I thought just weird after 20 years to remember something like that. I think this is the first one iv ever seen in PA the in-laws say there have been allot of them lately.
Ridin' Jesse
09-01-2005, 01:34 PM
NO SPIDERS ARE NEAT:eek2:
WKY400EX
09-01-2005, 02:09 PM
Originally posted by Ridin' Jesse
NO SPIDERS ARE NEAT:eek2: Sissy.......:p :blah:
Ridin' Jesse
09-01-2005, 02:24 PM
i hate spiders lol..only thing im afraid of really
Crazy Honda
09-01-2005, 02:27 PM
I hear ya there its not so much the spiders but there webs man when I get a web on me I get the he-be-je-be's bad looks like im having a seizure or something.:scary:
Doober
09-01-2005, 02:41 PM
i dont care if it wont hurt me a spiders a spider and im gunna smash it....i hate them things
WKY400EX
09-01-2005, 06:03 PM
Originally posted by Ridin' Jesse
i hate spiders lol..only thing im afraid of really Spiders bother me more than snakes, but neither really scare me. Now heights on the other hand.:o
09-01-2005, 06:26 PM
i was scared of spiders so I got a pet tarantula that I keep by my bed and Im brining here to the dorm room. They are cool
hondarider2500
09-01-2005, 07:24 PM
i would hate to be your roommate
Warnerade
09-01-2005, 07:44 PM
neat
4oorider
09-01-2005, 07:50 PM
i call them banana spiders
09-01-2005, 08:34 PM
that f*ckers poisonous, my neighbor has them outside his house, and we feed it, but don't touch it
dpizz450
09-01-2005, 09:15 PM
nah there not poisonus^^^. everyone i know calls them banana spiders. i think they're real name is actually a silk widow spider? if im not mistaken....there webs are yellow?
SGA
09-01-2005, 10:57 PM
I think they are called garden spiders but everyone calls them bannana spiders.
The females are the bigs ones. The tiny ones in the web with her are the males

Quote from a spider website
"Black and Yellow Garden Spiders are harmless to humans. Because they are large, many people fear them; however, not only are they harmless, but they do a lot of good. These spiders eat large amounts of insect pests, such as flies, mosquitoes, and aphids."
QuadJunkies
09-01-2005, 11:47 PM
ask 400grl, she seems to know her spiders!!
Out_Sider
09-02-2005, 07:05 AM
i call them banana spiders, they are EVERYWHERE around my house, they are cool lil things, and no they're not poisenous, and not aggressive AT ALL. i've held them in my hands, there webs have like zig zags in them.
stevez400
09-02-2005, 07:29 AM
The only neat spider is one at the bottom of my shoe!!! I hate all bugs!!!
HtFoxChick
09-02-2005, 07:32 AM
THERE IS NOT SUCH THING AS A NEAT SPIDER. I hate spiders....they totally freak me out.:( ugh....way to start my day.
09-02-2005, 08:27 AM
Banana Spider

A very large common spider in North America. Usually hangs in webs with its head facing the ground. It is brightly colored. Its venom is a neurotoxin similar to that of the black widow. However, its venom is not near as potent. Its bite causes local pain and redness with blisters forming. This bite usually resolves within 24 hours except for the bite mark.

Source : http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/spiders/banana_spider.asp
QuadJunkies
09-02-2005, 08:33 AM
Originally posted by HtFoxChick
THERE IS NOT SUCH THING AS A NEAT SPIDER. I hate spiders....they totally freak me out.:( ugh....way to start my day. werd!! Only good spider IMO is a DEAD SPIDER!:eek2:
HtFoxChick
09-02-2005, 08:39 AM
you got that right girl!!!!:D
tacundra
09-02-2005, 10:37 AM
I have been bitten on the face by a large Banana Spider.
They do have venom but not too powerful.

I rode my 400 mistakenly through a large web and later discovered it bit me on the face after my eye and forehead swelled up.

Never felt it bite me though.

Throw an insect in one of their webs and see how fast those guys are.
spud400ex
09-02-2005, 10:53 AM
that is a garden spider

this is a banana spider
http://davidmichaelkennedy.com/blog/images/heather%20banana%20spider.jpg
Crazy Honda
09-02-2005, 11:14 AM
OMG that one would not make it around my house. it looks like it would take the dog and run with it.:eek:
QuadJunkies
09-02-2005, 11:22 AM
Originally posted by spud400ex
that is a garden spider

this is a banana spider
http://davidmichaelkennedy.com/blog/images/heather%20banana%20spider.jpg


That just made me nautious :scary:
polaris bob
09-05-2005, 09:43 AM
Originally posted by spud400ex
that is a garden spider

this is a banana spider
http://davidmichaelkennedy.com/blog/images/heather%20banana%20spider.jpg






Originally posted by QuadJunkies
That just made me nauseous :scary:



Forget the boot, If I saw something that big in my back yard I'm getting the shot gun out!

That or a can of wd-40, ( AKA the flame thrower )

Burn, baby, burn!!!
09-05-2005, 10:21 AM
Originally posted by polaris bob
Forget the boot, If I saw something that big in my back yard I'm getting the shot gun out!

That or a can of wd-40, ( AKA the flame thrower )

Burn, baby, burn!!!

lol

i had the garden one in my garden.

we were not sure if it was poisenos or not.

but the flame thrower idea is good!

i have don it with GUM OUT or DRAGON FUEL there carb cleaners. they are very cumbustible. they makes WD-40 look like WATER!!

i have tryed the wd-40 and realy it is not as good as the other things a said.
Warnerade
09-05-2005, 10:35 AM
isnt carb cleaner more alchohol based?

that would explain why they are so much more flammable then wd-40
09-05-2005, 11:09 AM
I use carb cleaner. This one time i was shooting a flame and the flame almost went in to the back of the can, the would not of been good:eek:
09-05-2005, 03:15 PM
Originally posted by nofearrider1
I use carb cleaner. This one time i was shooting a flame and the flame almost went in to the back of the can, the would not of been good:eek:

LOL i know what you meen! i once had the hole melt shut and had to poke it with a needle! :eek: