'Basement spider' & babes

[DE3]

the actual size of the sac is just short of 1/4"
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/_the-cave_/DSC_0008.jpg

bigger
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/_the-cave_/DSC_0008big.jpg

momma napping
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/_the-cave_/DSC_0010.jpg

[Cheshire]

What species is that? I've never seen anything like that in my garage.

Well...similar stuff but never that color.

[Techuser]

Seens like a common orb weaver to me

[Skypainter]

Achaearanea tepidariorum, a.k.a the common house spider.

[Cheshire]

I'll have to post a pic of what I always thought a house spider looked like

[DE3]

What species is that? I've never seen anything like that in my garage.

Well...similar stuff but never that color.

I dont know what species. To be honest, I don't know my true spiders very well. Although I can identify Loxosceles reclusa -- another resident of my basement.