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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus saevus
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Spider - Araneus saevus
Copyright © 2011 Doug Waylett

Spider - Araneus saevus
West of Calgary, Bow Valley Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
September 30, 2010
Size: 1 cm
The spider was on dead grass.

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Spider - Araneus saevus Spider - Araneus saevus
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Contributed by Doug Waylett on 23 March, 2011 - 5:07pm
Last updated 24 March, 2011 - 9:20am

Nice
I found a similar, slightly lighter specimen in Whitecourt, Alberta a few years ago:

… John Sloan, 23 March, 2011 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 23 March, 2011 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

Nice match to ours from Illinois
I had forgotten ours had those orange marks!
… john and jane balaban, 23 March, 2011 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

Araneus saevus
is my guess. Compare with


Let's see what the two Johns think. Keep the spiders coming, I'm enjoying seeing the orb-weavers from your area. =] I'll be watching for them on flickr too.
… Lynette Elliott, 23 March, 2011 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

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