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Originally Posted by RainMaker
Sounds like an orb weaver if it was on a web. They are harmless, won't try and get in your house, and will probably eat a shitload of musquitos, flies, and fleas. Just leave it alone. You should also just watch them during the day. It's pretty awesome to see them building their webs and catching their prey.
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Sorry, it was freaking me out. If I post a picture and someone identifies it as an orb-weaver, I'll know for future reference and not kill it if one comes back. The web it made was in a bad spot that will always get sprayed with water too, and I delayed watering my backyard in order to see the thing once more. I remember it being interesting looking, not scary like I saw today. I've always been afraid of spiders.
I did see it eating a wasp or something yesterday morning when I first saw it, but since it freaked me out more than anything I didn't take video or anything, and then when I went back outside it was gone.