What kind of spider is this? (pic)

[Reciprocity]

Hi all, this beautiful spider is living in my back yard. He is the same size of a garden spider but plumper in the legs and torso. He is also a lemony yellow color and not the brown (it's overcast today) in this picture.

[shadu]

1. Is that a Golden Orb Weaver?

[shadu]

3. Also called Golden Silk Orb Weaver

[Champion Jack]

2. Burmese Selina

The black mamba of spiders, one bite and it will paralyze you and everyone you know.

[shadu]

4. That is a female. Do you live in Florida?

[Reciprocity]

5. Nope I'm in East Texas.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. Garden spiders are know for minding their webs upsidedown

like that one

Here's a garden spider that was in my dad's yard last year:
The "body" is the size of a cap eraser.



I don't know what the hell that one of yours is.

[shadu]

7. It is a Golden Orb Weaver

for sure

[Fenris]

8. Banana Spider, also known as a garden spider.

Coloring varies.

[MuseRider]

9. Looks like an Orb

I have a lot of them this time of the year all over the barn and around the garden. Aren't they beautiful? I name them because they are around for several months.

[Reciprocity]

10. Wow listen to this.

Economic Importance for Humans: Positive

An important way in which golden silk spiders benefit humans is with the use of their dragline thread (the silk). N. clavipes, in particular, weave rather strong webs compared to other species of spiders. Currently, there are tests being done on the potential benefits of human use of the dragline thread. The dragline in golden silk spiders surpasses the strength of "Kevlar," which is a fiber used in bullet-proof vests. The dragline thread is biodegradable, stronger than steel, and economically valuable (Unger 1996).
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Nephila_clavipes.html


Thanks y'all. I had no idea what he was but was sure (we have lots of them) he wasn't a garden spider.

[Rowdyboy]

11. We had a beautiful one in our yard this year for the first time

Two days ago, the web (whcih was out of the way) and the gorgeous spider, disappeared.