um..hmm..are you thinking of a black wido i hate those things
jumping spider family (Salticidae
The male green jumping spider has a dark red head and a bright green body. The scientific name for this spider is Mopsus Mormon.
Hi! I found a spider similar to the one you're describing on a lavender plant in my Southern California garden. It appears to be a Western variation of the Peucetia Viridans or Green Lynx Spider, see here http://bugguide.net/node/view/30278.
Cat faced spider
I'm trying to figure this out too, today my daughter came screaming out of her room she told me there was a black spider with white stripes on its butt and she wasn't going to go back into her room until i killed it........ You'll have to do a bit more research. If web is spread out and symmetrical, sounds like an orb weaver of some sort. If it's a funnel, then could be a funnel spider. Mine turns out to be a grass spider (more to the name up front, but don't recall). flat web with funnel at end. Just remember, most spiders are helpful. Granted - all of these are rather big and "substantial" looking - but mine turns out harmless. Good luck!
a redback spider
THE ONE WITH MIXED PARENTS
jumping spider family (Salticidae
I think its a white tail :D
Don't mind if I do. (Yum.)
I believe it is a type of jeweled spider.
The male green jumping spider has a dark red head and a bright green body. The scientific name for this spider is Mopsus Mormon.
Hi! I found a spider similar to the one you're describing on a lavender plant in my Southern California garden. It appears to be a Western variation of the Peucetia Viridans or Green Lynx Spider, see here http://bugguide.net/node/view/30278.
Cat faced spider
I'm trying to figure this out too, today my daughter came screaming out of her room she told me there was a black spider with white stripes on its butt and she wasn't going to go back into her room until i killed it........ You'll have to do a bit more research. If web is spread out and symmetrical, sounds like an orb weaver of some sort. If it's a funnel, then could be a funnel spider. Mine turns out to be a grass spider (more to the name up front, but don't recall). flat web with funnel at end. Just remember, most spiders are helpful. Granted - all of these are rather big and "substantial" looking - but mine turns out harmless. Good luck!
Your mom.
The funky butt spider is a common name for Micrathena gracilis which does occur in Ohio.I always learned funky butt spider as the common name, but it seems that the accepted common name is now Spined Micrathena.