I call it the Crazy 60's Acid Trip spider. Sure looks like one.

And its bite will inject pure LSD into your veins! It's freaking insane!

On a more serious note, where do you live, Juno? I could probably find out what kind it is, I know a friend who studies things like this, he'd be able to figure out the species.

She doesn't look like a dangerous spider, looks more like a garden spider. Infact..in that picture, in the upper left, that looks like her mate. Hopefully he won't get eaten..brave soldier. *salutes*

I hate bugs. >.< If that thing was a few inches away from me, I would have started running away, screaming, and flailing my arms. o.o;;

It's pretty colors though. Never seen a spider like that before.

"That's what we in the scientific community call a THING."

Seriously, that is one weird spider...I wouldn't know, I hardly spend any time outside and I have an arachnophobia (DEY EAT J00R SOUL!). It IS nice and coloryful though.

Okay, my friend was not entirely sure, but thinks it is a female Argiope aurantia, better known as the Yellow Garden Spider. It's an orbweaver.

Again, we're not entirely sure, but I hope that helps.

Well, it's just as ugly...

Why don't you google up a list of arachne species in Florida? That's what my friend did initially. Maybe you'll have better luck because you know the region infinitely better than some poor Californian like myself.

The first time I read that, 'arachne' looked like 'arcane'.

I thought that was pretty cool.

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It's pretty hard to think up what kind of spider that would be. In entirety, there are 40,000 different kinds of spiders, and I am sure there are at least a few hundred living in Florida's forests, so... *shrug* Sorry.

For once I will take sides with Hollow and say that it looks like a garden spider. Just a more colorful species than the everyday onces you see all the time. Good luck finding the actual name.

Actually Juno...the picture most recent, is the top of a spider. The first post of yours..that's her underside. So it very well could be the same one, you need an underside shot.

And awww..come on saiyan, it's just not the same if people don't irrationally hate me. :\

It could very well be the same spider, Juno. You took your picture in summer, and that picture could have been taken in a different season. Also, since it is a different spider, their genes are probably not exactly the same, so a little bit of colour and brightness difference can apply.

I think it's that last one.

Repeat:

You say 'Banana Spider'. Why ask a question you already know the answer to?

So...this is just a picture you got off the internet, the first one? But you KNOW it's the same spider you saw, or am I reading this wrong?

Also no, the spiders posted later on..the bright yellow, they obviously aren't the same as the topmost spider. Look at the webs, the bright ones have a distinct zigzag pattern in their webs, the topmost picture does not. Also, an orbweaver wouldn't have a web built as shoddy as the first picture, unless it's been pummelled by lots of insects.

Don't tell me the American work ethic is spreading to nature now!

The last thing we need is spiders doing shoddy work and then sitting on the couch watching reality TV all day.

I only thwart logic if it's not the truth.

But well Juno..how did you find that picture, just typed in "spider" in Google and sifted through hundreds of pages until you found it?

Whoa, that's dedication.

But yeah, it's possibly a weaver, but I can't really tell with that messy web. And since we're just going off your memory of the spider..we don't know how accurate this all is.