Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Got a New Critter


I went out to water the plants last night and met our new neighbor. Right next to the front porch between the porch and a holly bush was this fella (or gal, I didn't ask, nor did I check) Pretty cool looking really.
The bright colors made me think that this thing could be trouble. And since I do a lot of trapsing in that area trimming bushes, pulling weeds and the like, I wanted to be sure. So I did some internet research to find out.
Turns out that my new neighbor is a Black-and-Yellow Argiope (ar-guy-oh-pee) and is not dangerous. They only bit humans if severly provoked and their bite is akin to a bee sting. So it would hurt, but I wouldn't die without some sort of allergy.
But man does it look cool.

3 comments:

Piccu said...

We have about 1000 of these things around the house every late summer to fall. They might not be poisonous, but I ain't f'n with them.

Travis said...

I had never seen one before. I'm with you though, I didn't get very close to it.

Orelinde_03 said...

What the heck is it exactly? There would be no way I'd have gotten that close to take the photo of it. Me and bugs do NOT mix.