Terrifying indeed. Me timbers is shivering!! Nice spider shot JD..:-)
Bill in SC

Eek!

Oooh, very scary spider!
Amy

It's a beauty! Johnny D, I love the markings... it looks like the one we call "St. Andrews Cross" spider... Argiope keyerslingi.

Cheers CP

Thats a nice looking spider....as far as spiders goes I guess.

Dawn

I'm a fan of spiders. That one is especially great. And your camera did a wonderful job capturing the web.

Well worth sharing.

Thanks.

Al

Good looking spider Johnny. Saw that and thought of this (see link), Proboscidea louisianica. I'm getting some seed this winter.
Dan

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:483245}}