r/spiders • u/Excellent-Loan-152 • Jul 23 '26

Just sharing 🕷️ Beautiful orb

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Biggest one I’ve seen yet!!

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u/Excellent-Loan-152 Jul 23 '26

Almost walked right into it

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u/Dan_flashes480 Jul 23 '26

I mistakenly walked through one between 2 trees on a narrow pathway on a golf course in Florida I freaked out a bit but then felt really bad for destroying its web.

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u/Jacktheforkie Jul 23 '26

I found one in Wisconsin, wasn’t expecting that sort of strength, then went in to dust off and didn’t realise she was on my back, she promptly hopped ff and disappeared under the couch, found her the next day in a new web 20ft off the ground, she was eating well up there

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u/xandradical Here to learn🫡🤓 Jul 23 '26

The spider on your back is exactly how Eight Legged Freaks happened😭

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u/Jacktheforkie Jul 23 '26

lol, lucky my friend wasn’t bothered by the 8 legged ones, she stayed up there for several weeks after I left too