wow that's a great photo :D

I must agree, that is very beautiful.
Nice photo.

D:

Every once in a while I see one making a web in the big tree at the front of my street. Such a strange little spider.

Some people call those crab spiders even tho they're not crab spiders.

I can't blame them though. They do look crablike. It's even in their name; "cancriformis" :)

GLARG its a great photo but now i cant unsee it and i wont be able to sleep tonight T,T

Oh come on. They're perfectly harmless, small, and never leave their webs.

<,< except in mein dreams

Looks like an alien.
Great perspective.
The lighting seems to intensify the colors.
Did you use any saturation settings for this one?

I tend to process with Canon's "Normal" setting, then tend to add some minor saturation in post processing to bring the colors out since they can look a bit flat compared to the original.

When I first glanced at this picture I thought it was a tick. o.o Interesting spider, I can't say I've ever seen one before.

for some reason where i live they are one of the most common spider i see.

They're pretty common around here.

They tend to stick out, since they spin conspicuous webs, have bright colors, and are active during the day.

It looks like strawberry cheesecake fell onto a spider o_o That's one amazing looking spider, even if it makes my foot hurt thinking of stepping on it on accident!

I don't think I'd know what to do if I saw that in my house to be honest!

Like most orb weavers, they're not a spider you'd commonly find indoors. I know I've never found them inside, but they're quite common around here outside houses.

They just keep to themselves, hanging out on their rather distinct webs.

That's pretty cool! :D What's their general homes around the US? Can't say I've ever seen one of these guys in SE Iowa!

They tend to range in the southern and southeast US, from Texas to Virginia. I live in SC for example. I wouldn't expect to find them in Iowa.

Oh, okay! That's cool :) Thank you!

They tend to range in the southern and southeast US, from Texas to Virginia. I live in SC for example. I wouldn't expect to find them in Iowa.

It kinda looks like he/she is carrying a pastry on their back
I must admit though, I like many in my family am usually deathly afraid of spiders, but this one looks really cute and innocent. I might be able to look at it without hyperventilating if I was close to it in real life.

They just hang out on their webs, so observing them should be pretty easy for you. :)

Will someone hold my hand while I do it? DX

It's just a little thing. :P But, I'd hold your hand if you wanted.

This lady is much scarier: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/666154/

I actually screamed when I clicked it *clings to your hand*

I'm normally fine if I can watch them from a distance, but I once was laying down and when I sat up and tried fixing my hair I pulled back a spider that fit in the palm of my hand..... I swear the people on the other side of town heard the shrieking.

Just remember, they're not out to get you and really can't hurt you.

I use to totally freak out around spiders. It's something you can overcome with a little work. ;)

It's funny that it's just spiders that scare me, I love other bugs though

That's not too unusual. Something about spiders creeps people out. Haven't figured it out yet.

Long legs maybe? I like that they have so many eyes, but ....... their legs, and when they jump.... *shivers, huddling against you*

Hehehe *snugs* The spindley ones do tend to freak people out more.

*murrs, wiggling* As long as someone is with me I enjoy looking at them though

Maybe you should try drawing them. :D

....... I did want to draw some exotic animals

Can't get much more exotic than 8 legged creepy crawlies.

Pretty and creepy as hell! LOL!

The photo portrays the creature at Actual Size! My gawd! get it away from the children!

Thats a keen pic, of neat spider. we get all manner of spiders, like the tan and brown mutant Black Widows (with Yellow hourglasses) and a buncha creepies like Solpugids, and every flavor of Scorpion.
I dig our various types of spiders, though. I like to play with the jumping spiders, the ones a little smaller than a dime, they seem so intelligent, and they seem to know when you are just inspecting them and are not a threat.

Arizona is lousey with keen spiders, and then we have the Brown Recluse, which I do not hesitate to kill when I find them inside.

The tan and brown widows might be Latrodectus geometricus or some immature stage of another widow species.

I don't think I'd kill brown recluse spiders, but then again I don't like to kill any spiders. The brown recluse doesn't live in my area (although many are convinced they do).

I don't believe they live in Arizona either, but other species of the Loxoceles genus do, so you may be seeing them (they're very hard to tell apart without examining their genitals).

According to the Entomology department at the U of A we have a large population of Brown Recluse all over southern Arizona.
I see warnings about them on Teevee every summer, and have been on a few trips to the bug zoo to see locally caught specimens with the professors. I will not examine their genitals, I promise.
we get widows all over the place, too.

I saw these in a book...Strange, I was thoroughly convinced they were tropical.
OWAIT.
Just remembered the nme was different.
I believe it had something to do with a Fire Hydrant?
Hmmm.

Beautiful Spider. it reminds me of the Skulltulas from legend of Zelda Majora's mask
http://www.kasuto.net/image/officia....._skulltula.jpg :3

This is my fave spider. They call them Crab Spiders around here because of the carapace. It's kinda odd, but there was one who survived up til late December on a bush by my house. They usually don't hang around later than October.

skull spider :O there were quite a few of these when i lived in Florida. thats a great shot c:

this the little bugger that likes to build its web at face level, just waiting for you to walk into it? Nothing like having a spider taking a ride on you glasses.

I've never had that problem. :P