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With her legs all retracted like that, she was about an inch long, it seemed. I didn't ask her to hold still so I could measure her.

Quote: Gross, I knew I shouldn't have looked, I was warned. You say you've seen more than one "here". Please tell me you mean "here" as in some foreign country you are visiting. That thing is the subject of nightmare....... I mean here on my place. This could be the same one I saw on the...

Quote: So cool! The way I saw the one on the cherry tree leaf was that we were walking toward a section of the property where we'd been cutting down trees and I walked between that cherry tree and a rose of sharon shrub and right smack into its web I didn't see. Wow, talk about strong and...

We've had plenty of Orb weavers around here and they're usually just small bodied and long legged. Bet this one is a female due to the size of it. The behavior of it sounds right, too. Mystery solved. Thanks so much!

Wow, that may be it! I never figured it for an Orb Weaver due to its chunky body. I've always thought those had really long spindly legs. Thanks, Debi! Definitely has the pattern.

Found one upside down on a cherry tree leaf, then found this one upside down on the coop door.

Quote: Sure looks camouflaged, doesn't it? I was thinking some sort of jumping spider due to the body shape, but would like to know what variety. Am still checking sites, as long as the storms stay away. Have been off line for several days due to a fried modem from the last storm. Just got up...

It's about an inch long in this position. Not sure how big it would be with legs outstretched. I'm looking online to try to ID, but if someone knows off the top of their head, that would be swell. I've seen two or three of them here.