The Araneus Pima orb weaver? http://bugguide.net/node/view/13512/bgimage
Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2010, at 9:02 PM, Roger Frye <rf...@qforma.com> wrote: > We have one outside our front door tonight, and it hides during the day. > It seems to be harmless, and the back looks like a smiley face. > We think it is an orange crab spider (google that for images). > > > On Oct 8, 2010, at 7:59 PM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote: > >> Hoping there's someone on this list that knows something about spiders in >> New Mexico... There were two of these hanging out just on the outside of my >> house in Santa Fe. One had made a large somewhat circular web about 2 ft >> across. At night it would sit in the middle, during the day it would hide >> in a corner. You can get an idea of the size from the tines of the dining >> fork. I think they are big. I've not yet been successful in finding >> anything online that seems to come any where close. Any ideas on what type >> it is, should I be worried? >> >> Let me know if you'd like a higher res. image. >> >> Thanks, >> Robert C >> >> <Spider1.jpg>============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
