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[mmcirvin]

The sun glint on the web really makes this one:



Seen from the back (the lighting wasn't great from that angle). The bone-like markings certainly give it extra awesomeness:



These big garden spiders are pretty common around here. It was hanging out on the edge of a gigantic spiral web that it had built between some bushes.

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[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

...They are also called "cross spiders" because of the marks on their backs; on this one the crossbar is relatively faint, but sometimes it is more pronounced.