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lynne duncan
12-Sep-09, 10:49
don' usually freak out over spiders, was wandering through the garden collecting seeds, and spotted a huge web, with the biggest spider i've seen in a while but what was even more impressive was the pincers and the spikey legs
some id please
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/wickscorrie/nature/SDC12214.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/wickscorrie/nature/SDC12215.jpg

lynne duncan
12-Sep-09, 10:52
ok answered my own question - garden spider or cross spider for the white cross on its back- but still freaky big!

tonkatojo
12-Sep-09, 10:58
ok answered my own question - garden spider or cross spider for the white cross on its back- but still freaky big!

That's surely a one for the size 9. ;)

Sandra_B
12-Sep-09, 15:42
That looks kind of like the one that's been outside our house lately. To the kids (and my) utter horror the thing appears to have gone walk-about and we're all terrified he's moved into the house...

duke
12-Sep-09, 18:00
hi your spot on naming the spider,,common garden spider,,
looks nasty as hell but totally harmless to humans,,
nice photos,cheers duke:)

lynne duncan
12-Sep-09, 23:36
never seen one with such prickly legs!

unicorn
13-Sep-09, 00:43
Big beasties. I was up on a ladder a few years ago trimming honeysuckle when to my horror one climbed down my fringe :eek: ewwwwwwww

nirofo
17-Sep-09, 19:51
It's a Garden orb-web spider - Araneus diadematus.

nirofo.