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All of them in a lil cookie jar.
I did this once with a banana spider and a wasp, but never a lizard. They didnt fight tho, they just kept being puscs.
BTW, are banana spiders like the one showed in this picture poisonous? http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/Banana-Spider-And-Wasps/Wasps-Banana-Spider-TN.JPG
I seen this one in my yard pretty often. I splatter all spiders i see.

2006-11-06 01:16:49 · 5 answers · asked by hatexsociety88 1 in Home & Garden Garden & Landscape

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It would largely depend of the size of all involved. We have had plenty of banana spiders for the last several years on our front porch. Some will grow to as large as 4 to 5" in diameter. However, I've never yet seen one take on a lizard. I don't think lizards are their natural prey. However, wasps are. Our banana spiders totally wiped out our wasp population this year.

Don't squish them. Banana spiders aren't aggressive, they're pretty damn interesting to watch, they usually create a colony-style nest made up of family members, and they eat a TON of nuisance bugs (mosquitoes, wasps, june bugs, yellow jackets, other spiders, etc.). American banana spiders aren't dangerous. In fact, in all the years we've had colonies of them on our porch, no one has ever been bitten, though when one relocated in front of the door during my vacation, she did scare the hell out of our lawn guy.

Way cooler than splattering them is to keep a small colony of them someplace around your house to kill off bugs and gross out the neighbors.

p.s. the photo you've posted isn't a banana spider, it's a type of orb spider (though I can't tell you exactly which one, the distinctive zig zag of the web tells you that), which also can get quite large. Orb spiders are outdoor spiders that are close relatives of American banana spiders. American banana spiders are NOT related to South American banana spiders whose bite is quite toxic and dangerous. They are a type of orb spider.

General rule of thumb for splattering spiders: if they're insider your house, splatter away. if they're outdoors, they generally aren't harmful to humans (in the U.S., anyway) if you leave them alone.

2006-11-06 01:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by daisy mae 2 · 0 0

the wasp would win because it has the advantage of flying out the the others reach after it stings.

2006-11-06 01:26:07 · answer #2 · answered by kamsmom 5 · 0 0

Well seeing as the banana has no arms and thusly no hands with which to hold said knife then i'm gonna have to give it to the kangaroo...if it had some boxing gloves!

2016-05-22 03:37:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I think Lizard will win.

2006-11-06 03:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by JD 3 · 0 0

Go lizard!

2006-11-06 01:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by F T 5 · 0 0

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