Tarantula!
Tarantula: 10/2007, Davis Mountains, TX.
This prickly devil was hanging around my telescope setup at the HAS site 9/2007. Gil says family Oxyopidae. Jane and John B. say it's a "Green Lynx, in the genus Peucetia"
Jane and John B. say "... a crab spider, maybe Misumenops, but we are leaning toward Misumena." Notice the interesting design on the back of this spider, as well as the eyes. Llano, TX, May, 2006. He took a liking to the cooler top, which made him easier to photograph.
These little guys are prolific web spinners. They're smaller than a dime, and very hard to get in focus when they're swinging in the wind. Thanks to Gil for pointing me in the right direction in identifying this little guy. Says Gil: ...(It) is definitely one of the orb-weavers, family Araneidae, and (updated) ts scientific name is Gasteracantha cancriformis From my spider book it looks a whole lot like (Linnaeus) -- spinybacked orbweaver
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