I have a problem, I let some milkweed pods germinate in my backyard.
Now they have infiltrated my garden and are growing out into the yard. This isn't a huge problem as I am a Monarch Caterpillar raiser. At this time of year, I collect Monarch caterpillars and raise them in a bucket. When they go into their chrysalis' I mount them and give them as gifts to important people in my life.

They enjoy them for a week or two then when they hatch they release them back into the wild.

This year, as I was picking peas, I saw a Butterfly stop by my milkweed and deposit eggs. 5 days later they hatched out in the bucket that I had provided for just this eventuality.
I have 5 growing caterpillars from the batch that I saw her lay. Apparently, another mother has been by recently as there are 4 more eggs that were deposited within the last day or two.

With all the activity in my backyard, I decided I might try checking a few milkweed fields today to see if there were any Monarch caterpillars about.

I checked about 100 plants or so and saw some indication that there was activity, this takes the form of Caterpillar castings. But out of the whole field I only located one Caterpillar. It was fully formed and will probably start it's transformation into a Chrysalis within the next few days. My others are still under an inch long.

As I was returning to my car, I saw a brilliant Yellow spider hanging out in the field. I have located an image of this spider for your enjoyment. I took some pictures but stayed far enough away that they probably didn't do the spider justice. Once I am able to transfer them(lost my cable) I'll see how they look.

I wonder if this is what a Google Spider looks like?