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Orb WeaversOrange brain bum spider
Location: Ottawa, ON
October 26, 2011 11:17 pm
Hi! I’m in Ottawa, Ontario and found this spider lolly-gagging out my front door. It’s about 3 degrees celsius tonight and it was moving incredibly slow, so I scooped it up and took some photos.
I’ve never seen a spider like this around my house. He has a bright vibrant orange spot on his abdomen, and i.m.o. the whole back end looks vaguely brain like. It was biggish (about the size of a toonie). Even though winter will be settling in, I let him go in my front garden.
Please help me identify, I haven’t had much luck searching myself!
Signature: Finnegan
Orbweaver
Hi Finnegan,
This is a harmless Orbweaver in the genus Araneus.
Oh wow, thanks for the quick reply! Although spiders sometimes give me the willies, they can be rather beautiful in their own creepy crawly kind of way. Will look up more info on orb weavers just for fun. Great website, love it!
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Try searching Marbled Araneus. It’s hard to tell from the photo angle, but the top part of the abdomen looks familiar.
Posted 28 Oct 2011 at 12:02 pm ¶Many of the Araneus species look similar.
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