eb, look away!

So I finally identified the miniature monster in my backyard; this is a Black and Yellow Argiope:


It's about 3" long, tip-to-tip. Creepy, huh? Fortunately, it's not poisonous but does like to eat mosquitos and flies. I'm hoping I can get somebody in the Biology Dept. at UT to take it, but it turns out this spider is not all that unusual after all. Anybody want to adopt an argiope? : )