Taken in Maui while I was on vacation with my family, I found a palm tree with like 20 spider webs under it, all of them were these Hawaiian Garden Spiders. My phone wasn’t focusing on the spider so I put my hand veeeery close behind it, but never actually touched it.

I love the pattern of them! It’s so striking!

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[–] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The picture you posted (Argiope aurantia) is indeed the same genus as OPs, the Hawaiian variant here is most likley Argiope appensa.

However the name "golden orb weaver" refers to the genera Trichonephila and Nephila, which look kind of similar, but get their name because they actually produce golden silk.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    That's cool when I saw their photo it seemed so familiar which I thought was kind of crazy because I live in Tennessee. So they exist 7000km apart on an island created by a volcano at a completely different time period. Just to think about how all the wild life got there is kind of crazy.

    Edit to add horrible picture

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