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Leucauge venusta. When I found it, it was dangling in mid air on a string of its web, but then it quickly retreated to this chalk board where I photographed it.
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- Submitted: Apr 8, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 8, 2018
- Spider: Leucauge argyrobapta (Mabel Orchard Orb-weaver)
- Location: Lake Jackson, Texas, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Lateral
Hi, and welcome to the site. Your little friend is a female orchard spider, Leucauge venusta species.
Colorful, pretty, and not dangerous.
https://spiderid.com/spider/tetragnathidae/leucauge/venusta/
Filed. Welcome to Spider ID. 🙂