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<blockquote data-quote="Marilynne" data-source="post: 369059" data-attributes="member: 10234">I always call them crab spiders, but here's an excerpt from <a href="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in017" target="_blank">SP118/IN017: Common Florida Spiders</a>[h=2]Spiny orb-weaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis[/h] The spiny orb-weaver spider is one of the most colorful and easily&nbsp; recognized spiders in Florida. The dorsum of the abdomen is usually&nbsp; white with black spots and large red spines on the margin. Females are 5&nbsp; mm to 10 mm long and 10 mm to 14 mm wide. The webs typically contain&nbsp; tufts of silk, which may prevent birds from flying into them.&nbsp;<a href="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/LyraEDISServlet?command=getImageDetail&amp;image_soid=IMAGE%20IN:IN017P6&amp;document_soid=IN017&amp;document_version=54143" target="_blank"><img src="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/LyraEDISServlet?command=getThumbnailImage&amp;oid=1574407" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marilynne, post: 369059, member: 10234"] [COLOR=#800080][FONT=comic sans ms][B] I always call them crab spiders, but here's an excerpt from[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [url=http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in017]SP118/IN017: Common Florida Spiders[/url] [h=2]Spiny orb-weaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis[/h] The spiny orb-weaver spider is one of the most colorful and easily recognized spiders in Florida. The dorsum of the abdomen is usually white with black spots and large red spines on the margin. Females are 5 mm to 10 mm long and 10 mm to 14 mm wide. The webs typically contain tufts of silk, which may prevent birds from flying into them. [URL="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/LyraEDISServlet?command=getImageDetail&image_soid=IMAGE%20IN:IN017P6&document_soid=IN017&document_version=54143"][IMG]http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/LyraEDISServlet?command=getThumbnailImage&oid=1574407[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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