What kind of spider is this? (pic)

Question

sorry it was taken with a camera phone...i live in california if that helps

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/Lolagurl21/0811082318a.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/Lolagurl21/0811082327.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/Lolagurl21/0811082333.jpg

the butt part is about as big as a nickel

Answer 1

the nickel-booty spider

Answer 2

I've always wondered what this one was.  Good question.

Answer 3

Learn to ID them yourself, here -

http://www.spideridentification.org/

http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/index.htm

http://www.arachnology.be/pages/Identifi...