Bernice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aetherea

Pedro Martínez: well I will be blowed....how did you find that so fast....that is exactly what it is....thank you so much....

Bernice: I googled “yellow striped spider” and the first link it brought up was the USA Spider Identification Chart. And there it was easy to identify your little friend.

Pedro Martínez: I found that this afternoon in my passionfruit vines.....I cant see if it is poisonous tho...

Bernice: The site below says:

St Andrews Cross Spiders ...low risk - non-aggressive

St Andrews Spider

Venom toxicity - the bite of the St Andrews Cross is of low risk (non-toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders.

Pedro Martínez: thank you Hun...that means I don't have to be so damned scared LOL

Bernice:  It's a pretty little thing.. although, it looks similar to one we found up at the Ranch a  few years back when we were painting the house.. I was doing the bottom section and the back side of the house where the basement windows were.. I jumped back the dang thing was huge for a spider around here.. Dan just laughed at me and said it wasn't anything to worry about.. then he came down to it and grabbed a piece of wood letting it get on the wood he moved it to another location so I could finish painting the one section.