This is a spider Allen discovered last night making a web in our back yard. We took a ton of pictures trying to get the perfect one. I have looked through all types of spider websites and can’t find what it is yet. I will keep looking. It was maybe around 2 inches or so, with the legs. It was huge. It was the fattest spider I have seen in a long time that wasn’t in a zoo or behind glass somewhere. I think it is a type of orb-weaver spider but, I don’t know what kind. If you know, let me know. This morning, the spider was gone and so was his web. So, if Allen hadn’t accidentally seen it in the dark, we wouldn’t have even known it was there. It is not very gratifying to know my yard can support the appetite of a spider that large. Oh well. Check out how the design on the back looks like a skull! I thought that was really cool.
