Mystery NC spider

This looks to me like a cross spider. We have them everywhere here too. Seems the time of year for them. Look on its abdomen and see if you see a white or light colored cross marking like this: -|-




(it's really made up of more like spots of color).

Good luck!

These guys are alot of fun. Catch a moth and throw it in the web....then watch. Also, these guys are very gentle to handle. They don't bite humans....or at least they have never bitten me and I have handled many of them.

I found one almost indentical in Southern California, i had never seen one here before this year. If it isn't a cross spider, what is it?

I think it's called a garden orb weaver. These guys relaly don't look like the cross spiders ive seen pics of. abdomen is different color and they have bristles whereas the cross's dont appear to

look like an argiope sp. We have those here in quebec.

ya those things are common here in MD too when i was young i use to catch em they aint very smart LOL