| Hi CecilyJo, You have an Orb Web Spider (Araneidae family) with elaborate marking on the abdomen and those very unusual spiny points on the abdominal margin. The coloration of white with black oval spots suggests that this is Gasteracantha cancriformis; a very nice specimen. From the second pic I think that our pal has caught something ( can't quite make it out ) but there seem to be more than six legs in the pic. If you give it some TLC it will look after your plants.
Bill |