Name that spider!

jhunter46

Found in Florida. Maybe some type of orb weaver?

Centipede Damascus

This looks like a job for @Bugboy

BugBoy

That's a really nice photo of a lovely spider! I don't know what kind it is off the top of my head, since I'm still not as versed in spiders as I'd like to be.

I'd start here if you're looking around for similar spiders

It's a great resource for images and identification info

Movitz

Aw, I came in here to hope for frightening pet-spider pictures and horrible puns for names.

That really is a lovely picture though.

ArbitraryDescriptor

Best guess from that photo:
Orchard Spider (Leucauge venusta)
http://www.floridanature.org/species.asp?species=Leucauge_venusta

Top pic on that floridanature.org page shows the same 6 white marks on the upper abdomen.

Australopitenico

Look at that six-pack. I think what we are dealing with is the infamous American Manly Spider.

Steev

Australopitenico wrote: »

Look at that six-pack. I think what we are dealing with is the infamous American Manly Spider.

Although chances are that this is the female of the species!

My first thought was a green version of the golden silk orb weaver, though. Every year we seem to get one that makes a nice web in front of our house. I doubt it's that kind of spider, but it's a nice picture.