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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 12:49 PM
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Spider question
Outside my kitchen window I have a fairly large spider sitting in the center of a perfect circular web. I have named it Fred. Fred is about the size of a half-dollar with full leg extension, has a bulbous body, and is brownish-yellow. Fred has a marking that looks like a small brown butterfly on his back.

I did some Googling but came up empty. Any spider-smart folks out there know what Fred is?
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 01:01 PM
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1. Sounds like argiope aurantia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 01:08 PM
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2. Hmmm.
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mstinamotorcity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 01:09 PM
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3. The only thing I know about
spiders is what the lottery dream books say. 731 and 519. Good Luck
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marzipanni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 01:29 PM
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4.  Fred is probably Frederica
Edited on Tue Sep-07-10 01:31 PM by marzipanni
Garden spiders can be yellowish brown with brown markings as well as yellow with black.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 02:06 PM
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5. Maybe a Golden Garden Spider?
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