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MrsKinsey Goldsboro, NC(Zone 7b) Oct 20, 2010

I have never seen anything quite so unusual. Any ideas on it's identification?

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Oct 20, 2010

I think it's a spine-backed orb weaver. Very neat looking and harmless.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 20, 2010

This is indeed a crablike spiny orb weaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis - see http://tinyurl.com/yfmhkzb for an image.

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MrsKinsey Goldsboro, NC(Zone 7b) Nov 01, 2010

Thank you so much! Everyone kept telling me it was a jewel spider, but those all seem to be native to other countries. I am deathly afraid of spiders, but I kinda like this one. He is still living on my back porch and has been there for over a month!

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DATURA12 Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Nov 03, 2010

She really is cool looking!

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