Disjointed Digression

It looks like we have a new pet, sort of…
This is a picture taken from the window looking out onto our patio. Sorry it’s a little fuzzy, but there is a screen over the glass. What I’m pretty sure we have hanging out on our patio is a Black and Yellow Argiope, also called a Black and Yellow Garden spider. The few websites I have looked at to look up information on our new little friend have stated that these spiders are harmless to humans. That they may bite if provoked, but the venom is not harmful to humans. My estimate is that Charolette here is about 2 to 2.5 inches long, possibly up to 3 inches. When Candy first said “Look at that big spider!’ I thought it was actually going to be a bit smaller. We have had a few smaller (about 1-1.5 inches across) spiders that are brown and have tan stripes in/around the apartment before. I’m not sure what type those are, but by looking around online, they might be wolf spiders. But I digress…
I went over to look at this spider and was actually a bit shocked by the size and coloration. (Also a small blow to my manliness I was a bit scared, but to my credit there was not a “girly scream” involved). So being the nerd that I am, I got my camera snapped the pic and immediately went to look up what kind of venomous dog and cat eating arachnid we had parked on our patio.
As it turns out it appears we have a bug eater that should not bother us, other than looking vicious.

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