A spider I happened to notice a while back while out and about. Its markings and size caught my eye, as it was very different from the spiders I typically see around here. I doubt they are rare, but it was new to me and I wanted to get a close up picture. It might not look particularly close, but it’s a phone camera with no optical zoom. I was only a couple of inches from the subject and didn’t want to disturb them.
I love how they’re called “Common Garden Spider”, but I’ve only ever seen one in my life. The one I saw was huge compared with other spiders in my area, and was sitting in the center of a giant web. When I walked up to look at it a bit closer, it started to undulate it’s body causing the web to shake and flex like a vertical trampoline. I’ve never seen any thing like that in my life, it was quiet a surprise!