See the cross on this spiders abdomen!! what a lovely creature!

i dont know about lovely,Lori.horrible more like. lol

Oh I love it the bigger the better ..unless poisonous of course might draw the line at those bird eating spiders but this lovely ..

What a beautiful creature Lori. Please look after him / her well.

Its a great photo, well done you.

Fantastic close-up Lori, it is beautiful !

That is one beautiful spider Lori............

Wonderful photo! We have a lot of these spiders in our garden. I'll post a photo of a web.

Great shot.

This is a beautiful pic! What a great creature.

Love the beauty of them in photos, fascinated by their web spinning skills, and still think OMG! when I see them near me - sorry spiders, I just can't cosy up to you... Great photo though, Lori!

spiders fascinate me...but I must admit I get the heebee jeebees, too. this fellow is quite nice looking...but the pic of the female, (I shamefacedly admit) makes my skin creep a little.... lol. so now that we have had our "frisson" for the day!! I have been lucky to photograph only...haven't had a close enounter of the revolting kind so far this season.