... up here in East Texas and I've never seen anything like it. http://pages.suddenlink.net/ken/WeirdSpider.jpg I'm just curious about what it might be. Ken It's a crab-like orb weaver, also known as a spiny orb weaver, Gasteracantha cancreformis. They are quite common but often overlooked. I have tried in vain for some time to get a photo of a red one....

... I grew up here in East Texas and I've never seen anything like it. http://pages.suddenlink.net/ken/WeirdSpider.jpg I'm just curious about what it might be. Ken It's a crab-like orb weaver, also known as a spiny orb weaver, Gasteracantha cancreformis. They are quite common but often overlooked. I have tried in vain for some time to get a photo of a red one. They come in ...

... Myriapoda (such as centipedes and millipedes), and Chelicerata (such as scorpions and spiders). Over the years, hexapods (insects, springtails, proturnas, and diplurans) have been ... morphological studies mainly favor a close phylogenetic connection between hexapods and malacostracan crustaceans (crabs and crayfish), recent molecular sequence data suggest that hexapods are closely related to ...

...nearly a billion years ago. The granddaddy of all bilaterally symmetrical animals, Urbilateria is the forebear of spiders, snails, insects, amphibians, fish, worms, birds, reptiles, mammals, crabs, clams-and yes, humans. There is, of course, good reason to view insect brains as primitive-at ...

...swam nearly a billion years ago. The granddaddy of all bilaterally symmetrical animals, Urbilateria is the forebear of spiders, snails, insects, amphibians, fish, worms, birds, reptiles, mammals, crabs, clams-and yes, humans. There is, of course, good reason to view insect brains as primitive-at ...

...swam nearly a billion years ago. The granddaddy of all bilaterally symmetrical animals, Urbilateria is the forebear of spiders, snails, insects, amphibians, fish, worms, birds, reptiles, mammals, crabs, clams-and yes, humans. There is, of course, good reason to view insect brains as primitive-at ...

...swam nearly a billion years ago. The granddaddy of all bilaterally symmetrical animals, Urbilateria is the forebear of spiders, snails, insects, amphibians, fish, worms, birds, reptiles, mammals, crabs, clams—and yes, humans. There is, of course, good reason to view insect brains as primitive—at least...

... don't know how to "dress" a crab. This was/is going to be legs. King Crab Legs. The best parts. Don't they do legs over there-------->? Oh yes, our crabs are definitely not handicapped in any way.... http://countrycoffee.com/Alaska-King-Crab-Legs.jpg Ah. Big. That come from.../20020716_caleb.jpg Like a gurt big spider really ;- ) Indeed. One wonders what they do...

... time to learn how to dress a crab. I don't know how to "...was/is going to be legs. King Crab Legs. The best parts. Don't they...do legs over there-------->? Oh yes, our crabs are definitely not handicapped in any way... this: http://countrycoffee.com/Alaska-King-Crab-Legs.jpg That come from one ....com/archives/images/20020716_caleb.jpg Like a gurt big spider really ;- ) -- Baz