Who knows what this is?

[tolmaz]

Its outside my front door

[tolmaz]

Is it a golden orb weaver? never seen these before

[hedjug]

It's a Yellow and Black Argiope - Writing Spider. They are 100% harmless to humans & they eat tons of bugs.

The one you showed is female, we have a bunch a of the males around our dock & boat, that's why I looked them up. The males look different, but are still pretty big.

[tolmaz]

Hey Thanks, My wife is ready to burn the house down

[WyeBlueStriper]

Not sure what it is about this year, but my place is covered with spiders as well.
Maybe it is the Queenstown epidemic
I think I saw one of those on my shed yesterday
Amazing how many bugs they catch in those webs

[hedjug]

I don't know what the rest of the bay is like, but the N.E. River & all the areas close to it are loaded with spiders. All kinds, recluses, wolf's the size of small race cars, the black fuzzy ones & black widows. My house is a about 100 yards from the bay & is loaded up with spiders. There is usally about 100 of them on my porch every morning. I have to power wash the house 2x a year to get rid of the webs & spider poop. The boat is 10x worse.

[DILLIGAF]

It's a Yellow and Black Argiope - Writing Spider. They are 100% harmless to humans & they eat tons of bugs.

The one you showed is female, we have a bunch a of the males around our dock & boat, that's why I looked them up. The males look different, but are still pretty big.

a.k.a. Banana Spider. They can get as big as a human hand.

[KEY-LIME-PIE]

Its a ugly "SPIDER"

[steeptek25]

Yeah Ive noticed a ton more spiders this year too at my slip on the Bush

[tolmaz]

Well.....he had his last meal. Mama wasn't going for that outside the door. I thought it was cool looking