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TheDoLittle
12th November 2007, 01:30 PM
During my dog walking constitutional this morning I was surprised by this little fellow just outside my front porch:

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More images here
http://picasaweb.google.com/thedolittle/Spiders

Now I've had my fair run in with spiders. I come across wolf, yellow, and spiny orbweavers aplenty in my yard, and even the occasional brown recluse inside my home, but this one was brand new to me. My google-fu is also very weak today because I have yet to find out what kind it is. It was a little less than an inch long and a beautiful iridescent green with yellow and white blotches on the abdomen. The photos really don't do this being justice.

Do we have anyone here who could identify this creature?
fishbob
12th November 2007, 01:40 PM
Black Widow

Keep your fingers to yourself.
Soapy Sam
12th November 2007, 01:44 PM
That's an "EEEEEK!" spider.

There's a lot of them about.
madurobob
12th November 2007, 02:06 PM
Nope, not a black widow... but it sure is pretty! What'd you name it?
TheDoLittle
12th November 2007, 02:08 PM
Black Widow

Keep your fingers to yourself.

Well, I haven't been gassy so there is no need to have it pull my finger.

But no, it's not a black widow.
TheDoLittle
12th November 2007, 02:10 PM
That's an "EEEEEK!" spider.

There's a lot of them about.


I have yet to find an "EEEEEK!" spider, since I have no real fear of spiders. I used to catch wild tarantulas and horned toads, and them pit them together in a box, old school gladiator style!
TheDoLittle
12th November 2007, 02:12 PM
Nope, not a black widow... but it sure is pretty! What'd you name it?

At first I thought Xerxes... but now I'm leaning towards Aloysius...
RecoveringYuppy
12th November 2007, 02:19 PM
Looks like a young black widow to me also.
madurobob
12th November 2007, 02:21 PM
Aloe-Wishes!

It looks a little like this cobweb weaver (http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/steatoda_triang.jpg)

FWIW - Black Widows are in the cobweb weaver family
fishbob
12th November 2007, 02:22 PM
Well, I haven't been gassy so there is no need to have it pull my finger.

But no, it's not a black widow.

Sorry - I didn't look at your linked photos.
Definitely not a Black Widow.

Nevertheless - keep your fingers to yourself.
Farscape
12th November 2007, 02:23 PM
Compare it to a photo of an Orchard Spider - Leucauge venusta.
You will have to repair the link to the photo

h t t p : //w w w.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/36140456
madurobob
12th November 2007, 02:24 PM
Or, better yet, this Orb Weaver (http://kozmicdreams.com/spidersorb.htm) (colors/markings appear to match)
TheDoLittle
12th November 2007, 04:21 PM
Compare it to a photo of an Orchard Spider - Leucauge venusta.
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/36140456

Or, better yet, this Orb Weaver (http://kozmicdreams.com/spidersorb.htm) (colors/markings appear to match)


Seems like you guys nailed it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucauge_venusta

Thank ya'll so much!!