This past weekend I spotted an unusual-looking spider at Huntley Meadows Park. I took this shot from a distance, so I didn’t capture all of its wonderful details, but it looks to me like a Triangulate Orb Weaver spider (Verrucosa arenata), also known as an Arrowhead Spider.
The spider was hanging in mid-air, which helped a slight bit with focusing, but Arrowhead Spiders are less than a half inch in size (about one cm), so it was a bit of a challenge getting any kind of shot with my telephoto zoom lens extended to 600mm.
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Mike Powell 
Fascinating bit of info, wonderful shot of this difficult subject.
Thanks, Charlie.
Once again, fine work under challenging circumstances. Did you have to use flash, or was it in a ray of sunlight?
I’m pretty sure it was sunlight, Gary. I could check the image to be sure, but as I recall, I was using spot metering, which is why most of the background turned so dark.