These are for Cathy who mentioned an interest in them. This big ol' thumbnail-sized spidey is hanging around on the clothesline, hiding on a clothes pin. He, well, prolly really a she, is absurdly tame, but magnificently ugly. Right click if you really want to get personal.
And this is a box elder bug nymph we saw when fencing the other day. Not much to look at but better than a spider at least.
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Ewwww . . . ;)
Only a mother could love some of these critters.
OK. . .OK . . I'm taking a stab at it . .
I think Neoscona, but trust me - I am no expert.
Copy and past this . . see what you think:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/451359
Rewind! Having clicked on those awesome shots.
Second opinion:
Cat-faced spider
Araneus Gemmoides
http://bugguide.net/node/view/655018
Toll ya I was no xpert :)
ewww, even if it is ugly, you did good on the pictures!
Should'a stayed with my first hunch!
BugGuide has ID'ed it as Neoscona Cucifera,
Cool.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/696513#1232673
Your macro is excellent...I'll take the box elder...you can keep the spider.
Linda
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Cathy, thanks so much for sending it to Bug Guide. by the time I checked the second time it had been ID'd. What a nefarious looking creature~
Lisa, thanks
Linda, thanks, I feel the same way about it, but I couldn't resist photographing it. lol
Well.
I clicked on the photos and clicked again, and observed that the poor spidey looks like a cactus, but I could in no way find a FACE.
I'm glad somebody else identified it for us.
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