Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: What kind of spider is this on my Hibiscus?, 1 by AmandaTaylor7

AmandaTaylor7 wrote:
I have never seen anything like this. I found this one on this leaf yesterday afternoon so I ran in, grabbed the camera to take pics. Then I mowed and weed-eated the yard. The thing never moved. This morning I woke up and it's still on that same leaf. What is it? Will it hurt my plant?

I did find some funky things on this hibiscus this morning .... an area of mucus-looking white stuff dropping from one leaf to another, and some of the leaves are showing some brown edges. Could it have to do with this spider?