A Spider I Ran Into

[boo]

It doesn't appear to be one of our reg. garden spiders.

real big guy but different markings...anyone? :unsure:

[boo]

:D

[ondinelamer]

Whoever he is, he's gorgeous!

[terese]

<_< THAT was the spider you were talking about earlier? -_-

[erdine]

guess you gotta be a spider lover to see the beauty of him.

[terese]

creepy is what i call it -_-

[mla2ofus]

He is a pretty thing isn't he! He looks kind of like a spider we have around here that we call cat faces. I had about 6 of them on my front porch and the webs were full of flies and mosquitoes. I didn't mind them but it did bother me that none of my friends would visit while they were in residence! :ph34r: :ph34r: :lol:

[DandyLioness]

PRETTY, for sure!!! That's <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:blue'>PRETTY CREEPY!!!</span></span> :ph34r:

[TransplantShock]

:wub: :wub: I love it!!! box some up and send em to me :)

[SilenceOfTheClams]

Hmmmmm... GREAT PHOTO!!! I hunted up THIS link... I think the lil feller's an Arfiope aurantia!
http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider.htm ('http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider.htm')

YOUR photo is MUCH BETTER!!

Here's the INFO on the "writing spider"
http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_argiope_aurantia.htm ('http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_argiope_aurantia.htm')

[TransplantShock]

Thanks! You just identified a funky spider living in my woods for me!! :wub:

Spined Micrathena - Micrathena gracilis

[grindle]

:wacko: I have a phobia :lol:

[boo]

Thanks Clams! :wub: So she's a she. :rolleyes: I kind of got that feeling. Well, I hope a bird doesn't go off with her. Fat little thing :wub:

Thank you everyone, I think she is both creepy & pretty. I was weeding grass out of my flowers when I accidentally went through her web. Didn't notice till she was walking up my arm :mellow: Boy, does she have some chompers on her!!!!

Luckily, I don't know first hand what the bite feels like. Maybe she will leave eggs in my garden. :wub: :wub:

[gardenlady]

i thought it might be a secratary's spider.....thanks for confirming clams.
boo is her name charlotte? ;)

[boo]

Does that make me wilber? :wacko: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm not going to name her :ph34r: Every time I name a bug in the garden, it's doomed. It's best we go our seperate ways :( before I jinx her.

:blink:

[digiflower]

Here's the INFO on the "writing spider"
http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_argiope_aurantia.htm ('http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_argiope_aurantia.htm')
Hey does that mean she is like charlette in charlettes web.... <_<
Hey boo maybe she will leave you a message. ;) :lol:

cute, creepy not sure what I think.
I hate spiders and if they are on me they fly,,, -_- yep I know I am a horrible person but when I feel those legs I react :P

[MrSeedy]

Those seem to be one of our largest garden spiders around here, and they used to seem so common , but it seems these days I rarely see one of that type in my garden, and I sort of like them, though as a kid and a little "ignorant", I kept one in a jar for days , and upon plopping the thing into my hand days after catching it and not feeding it the whole time, it promptly sunk it's fangs into my hand. Serves me right I'd guess, so I don't handle spiders much anymore!!! Don't kill them either, thuogh my neighbor would run and get the nearest can of raid to kill every spider in her yard and garden. Seems rather ignorant to me since they're valuable at controlling all those plant eating bugs!!!