It's some kind of orb web spider and it's anything BUT rare around here. In fact, they are everywhere. I have to walk through 3 or 4 big webs if I need to get to my car on any given fall night lol. Anyway...I've alwaysheard them called and have myself also called them garden spiders...but there are just too many species of bugs in Georgia to go digging through looking for an exact ssp. The poor little thing is missing a rear leg but seems to be doing ok. She's gonna be missing more than that if Megan notices her on our front porch lol.
