Anyone know wat this is?? - Big picture

[Greg West]

I found this on my deck last night and had to try and get a picture of it. To me it almost looked furry. Anyone know what it is?

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/740spider.jpg

[Invictus]

I think it's a type of jumping spider. I see them all the time here. And DUDE... What kinda camera are you using that can take such wicked macros?????

[Pixie]

My guess is that it's a type of orb weaving spider.

Jumping spiders have a different body shape, I haven't seen any that look like the pic above.

A quick search on orb spiders brought me this site with a bunch of pictures. None match yours exactly but a few have identical body types or coloration. Finding exactly which species it is will be difficult but I'm quite sure it's an orb weaving spider.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Araneidae/Araneidae.htm

I'm amazed to see how many variants there are in orb spiders!

Pixie

[emilsmee]

i'm with pixie on this one, definately looks like an orb weaver of some sort. i've seen one of those before in my quest for arachnid info. they're such gorgeous spiders!
i can't wait to get a nephila like dragoon's big beauty.

emilsmee

[Tim and Julie B]

I had one of those for a while. Bright orange though. Pretty good sized spider. TB

Wicked pic