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Looking for the name of this spider. I live in San Diego CA. I've never anything like this. was about the size of a mini cd, maybe even a little bit bigger. The white spots are eggs I assume.
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Hey, OP, if it helps any.. I found what I think is the exact same thing outside my dorm (North Carolina)

I took a pic of it yesterday, wanting to ask /an/ what it is
>> Anonymous
Garden spider.

http://www.life.uiuc.edu/ib/109/Insect%20rearing/orb%20weaver.html
>> Anonymous
>>161608
thanks. What interested me about it was it's size (Freaking HUGE!) and the fact that it just sat there in the middle of it's web. Also, the Zigzag patter at the bottom of the web made me curious.
>> Anonymous
Argiope aurantia http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Argiope_aurantia.html

OP i don't think those are eggs. just random crap getting caught in her web. or even possibly old food remains all webbed up. from what i know, all spiders lay several eggs but keep them together in an egg sac. there are a few spiders (Latrodectus sp. (black widows and other widows)) that sometimes make more than one sac, but i don't believe it happens with orb weavers. on top of that, i've never heard of a widow making that many different sacs.
>> Anonymous
>>161596
That one's name is Gerald.
>>161603
Hi, biscuit!
>> Anonymous
its called a skulltula, kill it and get 5 rupees
>> Anonymous
>>162700
looks almost golden to me
>> Anonymous
I think it's a banana spider
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>>161596
chargers suk
>> Anonymous
it might be a St. Andrews Cross spider
>> Anonymous
no more need for speculation, it is>>162571
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>>162977
Fucking retards, another poster already gave the species name.

Those aren't eggs, they make an egg sac like the other poster said. The ones I've seen made a brown ball shaped egg sac about 20mm across or so. Ever since hurricane Katrina, I haven't seen any of these spiders at my house, and I used to have them everywhere. They've been "replaced" with Golden Silk Spiders, (nephila clavipes)which get about the same size, but are much more ornate.