Anyone know what this is?
On Saturday, we were at the in-law's house celebreating my nephew's birthday, and he, along with several other children, were playing outside in the back yard. I went to gather up the kids because all the food was ready. My nephew came toward me holding something on a stick, he said it was a spider, and I was not alarmed; I assumed it was a little spider. However, I was wrong! It was a very large spider. The abdomen was large and tear-drop shaped. I did not see any markings on it, although I vaguely recall some white on the body of it. The legs were not thick at all, they looked rather stringy. Can anyone tell me what kind of spider this was? It freaked me out quite badly, and my biggest concern was that it could have bitten one of the children; luckily, no such thing happened.. thankfully!
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