Quote Originally Posted by crow_noir
YEaaeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Egads!
Those things are creepy. I like to look at them outside, but i keep my distance.
p.s. for what it's worth... since everyone else is stating what they think it is... It looks like a type of Garden spider to me. ...maybe just because of how stretch looking the front legs are... other than that it looks like the unidentified window spiders that i call Guardian spiders. (long story... but as much as those creep me out... I like having them around. They've done me a few favors.) It actually looks like a mix between the two from around here.
It's definitely one of the house spiders we have here in the UK, harmless and common.