Orb weaver

Thank you Lee. You can edit your existing spottings to include the mission. Enjoy your weekend!

I'm looking forward to it! BTW, there's a mission I started called Southern California Wildlife that you may be interested in. You can join at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7964554. When you add a "wild" spotting from the area (any plant, animal, fungi, etc) you can select the mission on the right side of the screen. For those already added, you can edit the spotting to include the mission. This helps document what's in the area. It's also a good reference for those of us adding spottings that don't know what they are. Someone may have already added it.

Oh goodness no :) I'm a spider lover and have learned a lot on here and various reference material. I hope you enjoy PN as much as I have!

This is a type of Orb Weaver spider from the family Araneidae. Unfortunately I can't narrow it down without an image of the other side. The "belly" also has a pattern to help narrow it down.