LOL.....I really do hate em, but they do make interesting subjects :) Here are some of the monsters my next door neighbors have.

JS

Very nice John, good to see you expanding your photographic horizons even farther. I'm not a big spider fan either, but as you say they make pretty good photo subjects. I found gobs of them a couple of week ago around a lake not far form my house while out trying to find dragonflies.

And they usually stand still for lots of photos :D

Garden spiders are large and a bit creepy, but in all my years of running through fields and hitting webs.... none have ever bit me and they seem twice as scared of me as I am of them. And I assure you a spider that size on you is enough to give you a heart attack :D

Nice images!

And they usually stand still for lots of photos :D

You have a point there Onie....but some don't pose, and are fast to get away.

JS

Garden spiders are large and a bit creepy, but in all my years of running through fields and hitting webs.... none have ever bit me and they seem twice as scared of me as I am of them. And I assure you a spider that size on you is enough to give you a heart attack :D

Nice images!

Thanks Paul. And I almost had a FEW heartattacks this past weekend. I spent the weekend in a house rewiring it and had thousands of spiders in the basement and crawl spaces.....and then there was the attic, not as bad, but hotter than heck! I have to go back up there today :mad: But that should be the end of it for this house.
Oh, did I mention they had dead rats the size of small dogs in the basement & crawlspaces? :eek:

JS