Cindy: Texas Pink is a name I gave a seedling of unknown parentage. It's not an official name yet as I wanted to give it a couple of years to prove itself. As for how they would handle Texas, well I had hoped to get some feedback on that this year as I did send some cuttings to someone in Texas last Fall. So far I haven't heard anything. Interesting that you have though. Where did you hear that? They do seem to handle our summer heat better than some others do. As long as they get decent watering. Normally I'd be one of those posting that I have cuttings for postage. However, we are just about to move into a new house and while I have taken some cuttings I will likely get rid of most of them this weekend at the Middle Tennesse Plant Swap. I may post a message later on in the Fall if I have many left over.

It looks like a wolf spider of some kind. One way to tell between wolf spiders and fishing spiders is to look at the positions of the eyes. To me, it does not look like a carolina wolf spider Hogna carolinensis, but maybe. You might try an ID request on bugguide.net. I don't think that you need to be worried about it. Just don't try to handle it. Brian

I dont know what type of spider it is, but as the previous poster said, it is a jumping spider, of which there are many varieties. They generally dont build webs, they are ambush and attack predators. They are cool. There are only 2 species of dangerously poisonous spiders in the US that I know of, and that isnt either one. If its on your car door trim, it may get blown off onto the road when you drive. I would try t coax it onto a piece of paper or onto your shirt sleeve, then carefully move it to a bush or tree branch, or to the side of your house near the ground.

'Crab' spider can be a confusing common name. But, some crab spiders can be called orb weavers. Some orb weavers are called crab spiders. And then, there are crab spiders that don't make webs, but are active hunters. Do a google image search and you'll see what I mean! Sorry, hortster, that's the best I could do with that question.