Can someone please help identify this spider? I noticed it a few nights ago. There are kids around and animals and i'm worried it might be dangerous if it bit them. It has crab or lobster looking legs and white markings on its back that look like to me like white snowflakes or flowers. I live in Yulee Florida if that helps any. Thank you so much.
This is Eriophora ravilla, an orb weaving spider known as the tropical orb weaver - http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/spiders/tropical_orb_weaver.htm
Like all other orb weavers, it is harmless to humans.
