My daughter found it on a pile of wood, and played with it a little, but she was nice enough to let me do a shooting session with the friendly spider.
Name of the spider: Daisy.
I am EXTREMELY lucky, my daughter let it go free afterwards...
Usually bugs that become pets end up in the house...
Like the friendly snail (I don't remember the name of that one..)... now sleeping in her bedroom.....

Woah oO
Where u from lol dont you get spiders like that in jungles nd shti xD

Nice picture!!

Thats definately not a friendly snail lol

I LOVE looking at your pics..very nice shots always!



This post was edited by MikeG99 on Aug 28 2009 05:38pm

Ughh, I HATE HATE HATE spider soo gross!! ew. I'm cringing just looking at the picture!

Holy Eff!!!! That is one scary looking spider! What kind of spider is it?
Great shot though. I love your close up pictures of bugs

Thank you all for your nice comments
That is a Garden Spider, they are very common in my area.
I don't have the latin name off hands, but I can research it tomorrow
That specimen was about 2 inches long, and when I was showing it to my mom ( had my mom over today) that thing crawled up my arm and I needed someone to get it back on the log, cause I was holding the log in one hand, and the camera with the other hand..
I don't mind a big spider on me, as long as it doesn't go inside my sleeves where it cannot be seen......
These spiders are totally harmless
And they have beautiful colors

you are one crocodile dundee...................

Thats a beautiful picture , I guess its a Argiope aurantia? ( Yellow Garden Orb Weaver )

Its Amazing to see every time how many different species are living around you and you share them with us then.
There is hardly anything here, just some bumble bees attacking me now and then

Love it! Such strange looking spiders where you live, but very cool to see! Thanks for sharing this picture Marie!

probably not a good idea to let your daughter play with a spider with yellow markings on its back
but nice shot