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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Golden Orb-weavers (Trichonephila) » Jorō Spider (Trichonephila clavata)
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Likely Golden Silk Orbweaver Trichonephila clavipes - Trichonephila clavata - female
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Likely Golden Silk Orbweaver Trichonephila clavipes - Trichonephila clavata - Female
Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
September 15, 2021
Size: 5 cm range including legs
I'm pretty sure it is a Golden Silk Orbweaver, but wanted to double-check—I haven't seen photos of specimens with the "marbled" color swirls.

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Contributed by Darren Garrison on 26 September, 2021 - 3:25pm
Last updated 26 September, 2021 - 5:20pm

Added a new photo of the same
Added a new photo of the same individual in all the other photos. Two weeks older and apparently a full adult. (She has moved her web to around 10 feet up and deeper in the brush. Taking photos now involves holding a selfie stick overhead at arm's length, taking hundreds of shots, and hoping a few are usable.)
… Darren Garrison, 16 October, 2021 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Compare to this image from Japan https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57806645

Individuals have been spotted creeping outside of the established range in northern GA into the western edge of SC, and there's at least one sighting in Anderson County this year on iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93939147 (always gotta watch out for misidentifications on that site, but this observation looks correct).
… chuuuuung, 26 September, 2021 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

 
That first photo looks very c
That first photo looks very close. I had been considering Joro, but all the photos I could find showed distinct bands on the abdomen that were even less like the Golden Silk Orbweaver than mine.
… Darren Garrison, 26 September, 2021 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Pattterns change as they mature
Most of the photos you'll find are of mature females. Yours has more of a juvenile look.
… chuuuuung, 26 September, 2021 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

 
She just molted, and now has
She just molted, and now has a more banded look. New photo added.
… Darren Garrison, 29 September, 2021 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

 
All of these images...
...show a date of 9/15. If some were taken later, please click on "edit" under those photos and change the sighting date.

Thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2021 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

Maybe Joro

but we didn't know those were in South Carolina
… john and jane balaban, 26 September, 2021 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

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