spider and Rudbeckia

I wondered why you seemed to be posting the same photo several times! Now I know... Great.

This guy scared me to death. I grabbed at the flower petal to see how stiff they were, and he dropped by my hand. Eeeek...and then Ahhh! :-)

It's definitely a type of Garden Cross spider. their not aggressive, but can be freaky looking as the can get pretty big.