so there i was, walking in the jungle...

[nativelover]

tactfully making my way up the mountain, walking through streams infested with eels and giant shrimp, dodging snakes falling from the treetops, muscling my way up a 4 story cliff with only a vine as a safety "rope", and when i get to the top, what awaits me?


this guy.

 

[jag123]

Nice shot - looks like some type of Argiope maybe. How big we talking?

 

[nativelover]

body, 4 inches. spread out, as big as my hand and my hand is 9 1/2" from tip of middle finger to base of palm.

Bannana spider.

 

[nativelover]

heres one of the snakes. the only one i was willing to mess with. the others were Habus.

 

[jag123]

Yeah, Habus are nasty - lance head viper right? Necrosis is a bad thing. You must be somewhere in Southeast Asia?

 

[nativelover]

thats right. stuck on a rock in the pacific. soon to see another rock. and finally mainland... someday. lol.

 

[princess]

I would freak like a girl.......wait....I bet you did too!!! lol although I caught an escapee cricket yesterday ewwy

 

[nativelover]

ya i did... i was almost tempted to go back down where the smaller spiders where.

 

[meghanashley]

thats a really cool looking spider. great pic.