Argiope aurantia, or I spied her over the catnip

Argiope aurantia isn’t a new visitor to my garden or this blog. I’m promise I’m not obsessed with spiders (unless one is actually on me) but this one was particularly eye catching in the late afternoon sun. In fact, this gal is so eye catching that I’m afraid she’ll be a bird snack within a couple days.

Therefore, another spider picture makes it to the interweb. (Sorry for the lame pun in the title.)