Anybody know what kind of spider this is?

[jasfireman]

Found this guy while elk hunting in the Toutle, not sure what kind he/she is but doesn't look to friendly.

[let.it.fly]

he's a bad mama jama, should be a lady. female spiders are always bigger and more elaborate colors then males. some kind of orb spider. yellow and black garden/orb spider i believe. lemme find out.

[rasbo]

my grandma called them garden spiders,they were huge

[let.it.fly]

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/black_and_yellow_argiope.htm

here ya go.

[carpsniperg2]

Nasty! thats what kind of spider that is

Good info let.it.fly

[washelkhntr]

Ahhhh, sure is a pretty little thing. . .

[Heredoggydoggy]

Yep, Common Garden Spider.  In spite of their size they are pretty mild-mannered critters.  Years ago, while swimming, I walked right into a 7 foot round web that was stretched between two bushes with the big fella in the middle of the web about chest high.  Didn't have my glasses on and never saw him until I felt him bounce off my bare chest and the web all over me.  Don't know where he went, but I was backtracking real fast with cold sweat running off and the hair on my neck sticking out.  He must have figured there was no sense in biting something that was too big to eat, because I didn't get bit, even though I destroyed his home.

[boneaddict]

they are the ones responsible for a majority of those cool web pics with dew on them you so often see in books.   Cool critters and welcome in my garden anytime.

[ser300wsm]

WOW, nice colors on it, but them things make my skin crawl..... 

[boneaddict]

Heres one cleaning up outside....

[boneaddict]

At least I assume its one, different species.....

[ser300wsm]

Good lord Bone, how in the hell can you get so close to them things...... 

[dirty24d]

Relationship to Humans:

Black and Yellow Garden Spiders are harmless to humans. Because they are large, many people fear them; however, not only are they harmless, but they do a lot of good. These spiders eat large amounts of insect pests, such as flies, mosquitoes, and aphids.




good spider 

[bow-n-head]

harmless or not, you put that thing on someones shoulder and watch the show

[wayner]

that would be the common DEAD spider  I hate spiders!