Wicked Spider

[edawgm]

Just wondering if anyone can help me ID this bad boy. I have never seen anything like this.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x319/edawgm/wicked004.jpg
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x319/edawgm/wicked003.jpg

[txstateunivreefer]

if it was small then i think it is a Mabel Orchard Spider
Leucauge mabelae

http://www.toledo-bend.us/enlarge.shtml?caption=Mabel+Orchard+Spider&pic=gallery/spiders/IMG_4396w

[LoneStar]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/30/spider.web.ap/index.html

[mathias]

cool looking

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2010

[petveedub]

I don't know what species, but that is one beautiful spider.



http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/30/spi....ap/index.html

I grew up not too far from Lake Tawakoni State Park, and remember catching my first "big" fish at one of the marinas. A 2lb crappie, man that was a monster fish:sarcastic:. What a battle with an old Zebco rod and reel, with the drag broken:whew:.

[C.Mydas]

if it was small then i think it is a Mabel Orchard Spider
Leucauge mabelae

http://www.toledo-bend.us/enlarge.shtml?caption=Mabel+Orchard+Spider&pic=gallery/spiders/IMG_4396w

yep. Definately Leucauge but might be Leucauge venusta too. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://canadianarachnology.dyndns.org/data/canada_spiders/images/habitus/Leucauge_venusta.jpg&imgrefurl=http://canadianarachnology.dyndns.org/data/spiders/13834&h=450&w=450&sz=20&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=4qKMCkek5kzMQM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3DLeucauge%2Bvenusta%26svnum%3D10%26um% 3D1%26hl%3Den%26newwindow%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3 DGBSB,GBSB:2007-07,GBSB:en%26sa%3DN

Either way its an orchard spider...lol

[edawgm]

Cool thanks everybody for the replies. I guess I will leave it be, since it doesn't really bother anything. And I guess I will have to start feeding it when I feed all the animals. LOL

Thanks

When ever I can find the other one that is just everywhere out side I will try and get a picture of it. ^I know oxymoron