Daily Postcard: A Cat-Faced Spider is spotted admiring solar lights Tuesday evening at a residence off Diamond Drive. The Cat-faced Spider is a common name shared by this species and a second North American spider. Its other common name, Jewel Spider, is also shared with an Australian spider. This harmless spider is an angulate spider, meaning it has two pronounced bumps at the top of its abdomen. The ‘cat face’ on the abdomen is created by these two bumps, which form the cat’s ‘ears’, and the pattern in the center of the abdomen, which forms the ‘face’. This spider is usually up-side-down in the garden, preferring to sit with its head toward the ground. Each individual spider may vary in color. Some are quite pale; others are a rich, tawny brown. Usually, a large female is found hiding in plant leaves or debris off to the side of the web, waiting to sense a tremor on the threads of silk. Source: insectidentification.org. Photo by Debbi Miller