What kind of spider is this?

[Rogue]

Located in Georgia, North of Atlanta, South of the mountains, Piedmont region. See attached.

 

[Snacks McGee]

A dead one. **** spiders.

 

[peepsalot]

got a pic from the top?

 

[AndrewF150]

That my friend would be one bad ass looking spider. But without a shot from the top its tough to say...

www.google.com

 

[k-lea]

a ugly one?

 

[thewrench]

garden spider

http://www.hiddenworlds.co.uk/gallery/wildlife/mantids/Garden_Spider.htm

looking for scientific name, we've got a bunch of these

here ya go: Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)

 

[thewrench]

We've got a bunch of these. too.

http://kaweahoaks.com/html/argiope_aurantia.html

 

[Rogue]

looks more like this one
http://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1252070

Garden Orb Weaver
http://www.spiderzrule.com/commonspidersusa.htm

 

[mazdaspeedpower]

looks like the garden spiders we have around here.

 

[mooS mooS]

Garden spiders are badass, grab a straight foot-long stick put two on opposite ends, and have them move towards each other.

Ultimate Fighting, Arachnid-style

 

[thewrench]

Pretty good description here: 2nd down

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/spiders2.html

 

[Snacks McGee]

Garden spiders are badass, grab a straight foot-long stick put two on opposite ends, and have them move towards each other.

Ultimate Fighting, Arachnid-style

i'll have to try that.

 

[L8R]

i saw a black widow in my garage once.. .kinda freaked me out knowing we dont usually have those in hawaii

 

[BeNegative]

i saw a black widow in my garage once.. .kinda freaked me out knowing we dont usually have those in hawaii

(wow) ...remind me not to go to your garage! i'll stick to our wonderfly large cane spiders. they make good pets that keep the house free of bugs...unfortnately the spider that was in my room exited into the main house. someone downstairs freaked out and kept mashing it until it ripped into three pieces... :'(

 

[nonameheroes]

that would be a dead one if it was anywhere near me...but you think that one is bad? look up camel spider...those fuckers are freaky

 

[RacerXGirl]

The orb spiders make some really cool webs. We had one spin a web between the two magnolias in our backyard recently. It's amazing that something that small can span a good 20 feet with a web! We joked that it was just waiting for our pudgy beagle/basset dog Rocky to wander into the web and then the little spider would be yelling "Motherlode! I've hit the motherlode of meals!"

Luke - the two we have to watch out for in GA are the brown recluse and the black widow. (eek2)