Thanks to "Dang" for the I.D. Pretty large
With legs, about the size of 1/2 Dollar, maybe slightly larger.
Must be a female, from what 'Bug Guide' suggests too.
So maybe we'll have some babies come spring!
These are extremely interesting to watch - how sensitive to
the movements of their webs, telling a fly from a gust of wind,
or from a humans touch. They are really neat. I've always sensed
a certain intelligence, it seems anyway, in spiders.
Olympus C5050z
1/320s
F3.2
ISO100
105mm(35mm equiv)
3 Diopters (total of diopters = +7)
uncropped