We have the same spider in my area as well!!!
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Your area is my area...same area.
I went back the next weekend and the spider was gone. There had not been any rain so I suspect the spider was eaten by something higher up on the food chain.
I've never seen a spider that large hanging out in the yard before. Makes me creeped out a bit to think as a kid I used to play flashlight tag and I hid in trees and bushes all the time without giving a second thought to spiders. Or maybe huge spiders are just another sign of global warming...
a few pictures this weekend visiting my niece
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