Argiope Appensa...

This garden spider is fairly common in Hawai`i. It is non-venomous. Even though I know that, I still freak out when I walk headfirst into one of their large webs strewn across a pathway and end up with a creepy crawly spider somewhere on my face, neck, chest, arms or back. It just looks dangerous. My reasoning and rational mind somehow can not overcome my primal survival instinct and I always inevitably do the shaking crazy jumping spider haka dance...