Take your pick . . . by tara11

Take your pick . . .

. . . of which name you want to call this guy: Gasteracantha cancriformis OR the star spider, spiny-backed orbweaver, spiny orbweaver spider, crab-like orbweaver spider, crab-like spiny orbweaver spider, jewel spider, spiny-bellied orbweaver, jewel box spider or smiley face spider!
Neat picture but ewww (not a spider lover...lol)
August 1st, 2013  
@tammy67 I know, aren't they so weird?
August 1st, 2013  
@tara11 I agree. I've never seen one this before.
August 1st, 2013  
uh.... i think SPIDER will work fine for me! Terrific shot of it and the web!
August 1st, 2013  
hahaha, I'm with katy!
August 1st, 2013  
Well, he is a jewel of a spider, that's for sure! :)
August 2nd, 2013  
where do you and MB find these? i find spiders but not in their webs, i think they know where to hide when they see me. great shot, tara.
August 3rd, 2013  
I like them. I filed them under that first latin name there in my computer when I got a shot of some. They are pretty freaky. The one I shot had a lot of fuzz in some strings of his web..maybe seeds were flying that day> think that was in fall.
August 7th, 2013  
I love them and i go with smiley face spider.
August 11th, 2013  
@cookie123 That's the one I like too!
August 11th, 2013  
Wonderful capture of the cob web lines.
August 13th, 2013  
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