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Anyone know what kind of spider this is? Nearly put my hand on it when I leaned again' the fence: ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/VcAtAbI.png)
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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Step on it and take another pic.
Then I can tell ya.
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Not a spider expert here, but it looks to be an orb weaver of some type (a kind that spins big webs).
Definitely not a jumping or wolf spider (the kind that run around and jump on their prey).
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it was about as big as a half dollar
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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The brown color phase of the blackberry thorn spider…😊
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That is most likely Neoscona Crucifera (Spotted Orbweaver.) Completely harmless (to you), eats bugs. The species has a large range of colors.
Let it be, and watch it feast. Very beneficial species.
IF it has(and I don't see that it does in the picture) two little nubs/horns/protrusions on the upper top half of its abdomen, it would most likely be a cat-faced spider, but if those aren't present, it is the other.
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Looks like a target to me.
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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Looks like a temporary spider to me.
Whatever you said...everyone knows you are a lying jerk. That's a bold assertion. Point out where you think I lied. Well?
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Got em around my place.
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That's the kind of spider that builds webs across trails at face-level just as small game season is starting.
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That's the kind of spider that builds webs across trails at face-level just as small game season is starting. Bingo!
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Looks like a temporary spider to me. Is that related to the not-long-for-this-world spider? 
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Around my house they build their webs on the posts beside the front porch steps just a tiny bit higher than my wife’s head but low enough to catch me. 🕷️🕸️
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it was about as big as a half dollar That's what you call a scary Mofo Spider.
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it was about as big as a half dollar A Ten Pointer
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