Is this a banana spider?

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Aug 29, 2014

Sure was big, almost the size of my fully opened hand. Pretty markings.

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Reichnekov Aug 30, 2014

Seems to be an Argiope aka yellow garden spider (among other names) pretty harmless and fun to watch.

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Aug 31, 2014

thank you very much. I think it is indeed an Argiope aurantia. When I went to the TAMU website, it says that it is often confused with a banana spider.

It is not a dangerous spider but I have to admit it startled the life out of me as the one I saw was as big as my open hand. That is big!

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