Spider

The kids found this spider in our yard today! Does anyone know what it is? It doesn't look that big in the picture but it's actually about 3"-4" long and about 2" wide and it's black and yellow. The yellow doesn't show up very well on the picture!

UPDATE: We found out that it's acutally only an Argiope Spider. Click here to learn more

Scavenger Hunt~Bugs

I found a site that hosts a weekly scavenger hunt and I thought it would be fun to play along and hopefully to help me think outside the box! Anyway if you want to see blogs on the hunt here is the link and if you would like to join then just email Carrie and she will add you!
Today hunt is bugs but I chose a spider. Does anyone know what kind of spider this is? It was big and scary looking!