a treasure

[jdtnirvana]

I was going outside to study a little and came upon the COOLEST spider I have ever seen. Unfortunately, I can't find my camera and I can't describe it well enough to google to find a photo of it. It is awesome. It's red and yellow with a cool design, and it has two bumps on it's back! I want to call them "horns" in the way that something less than

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[iria_2001]

like this?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/67375/bgimage

or like this:
http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/inverts/argi-aur.html

[jdtnirvana]

So, the first pic showed an orb weaver which I'm pretty sure it is... and this shows a good pic of a similar spider, although mine is more orange

[iria_2001]

i have those! they get blown in by the lake and live in the corners of my windows on the outside. every year arachnologists (?) study the ones on the 99th floor of the sears tower to determine ecological and climate change craziness. they are big mommas....