Last Monday night (Sept. 12) I noticed a huge spider web near the front door of my house; in fact I almost ran into it.  After some careful observation I saw the tremendous spider right in the center of its web.  I was immediately fascinated.  I took out my DSLR and started taking some pictures.

The next morning the spider was gone and only small remnants of the amazing web it had spun were still visible.  That evening I kept an eye out for the spider and to my surprise it was back.  This time I had my DSLR and my video camera ready.  I was able to record it spinning its web as well as get more pictures.  So far, the spider has come back every night, spinning a new web each time (I believe it hides out in my rain gutter during the day).

Yesterday morning I noticed another one of these webs as I looked out of my kitchen window and I actually saw a bee fly into it.  The spider quickly came out of hiding and wrapped the bee up; I felt like I had the Discovery channel in my own back yard, so I rushed for my cameras once again and luckily managed to get some shots.

If anyone reading this knows what kind of spider this is please leave a comment.

Below are some of my favorite pictures and you can see more on my Flickr slideshow: