Probably the common orb weaver, of which there are many varieties, capable of great feats of engineering - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb-weaver_spider
It's not going to come in the house but I wouldn't try picking one up. Scott Powell Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2010, at 7:59 PM, "Robert J. Cordingley" <[email protected]> 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
