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Spidersneed help identifying spider
I looked through the collection of spider pictures on your site and could not find one that resembles the spider living in the corner of our patio cover. It is yellowish-orange and has a protrusion on each side of the top of its abdomen. Attached are some photos. Please help identify it and let us know whether or not it is poisonous. Thanks,
Sean
Albuquerque NM
Hi Sean,
This is an Araneus Orb Weaver. It is often very difficult to identify exact species as there is so much variation within individual species. Though all spiders are poisonous, this group does not pose a threat to humans.
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