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From: Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:38:32 -0300
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Hi Jeannie,

This is one of the orb-weaving spiders in the genus Araneus. I just  
took a quick look in the Nearctic Spider Database and there are 17  
species listed there as being found in Canada.

http://canadianarachnology.dyndns.org/data/canada_spiders/

Cheers,

Chris

On 9-Oct-06, at 3:48 PM, Jeannie wrote:

> Hi,
> Here is a photo of one of the biggest spiders I've seen in a long  
> time! Can anyone ID it for me.
> Thank you,Jeannie
> http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2008928880025930195LjEaqy
> Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury
>
> Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton
>
>
> jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca

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Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  B3H 3A6
(902) 424-6435   Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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<HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
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genus <I>Araneus</I>. I just took a quick look in the=A0Nearctic Spider =
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margin-left: 0px; ">Hi,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Here is a =
photo of one of the biggest spiders I've seen in a long time! Can anyone =
ID it for me.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thank you,Jeannie</DIV><DIV =
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margin-left: 0px; "><A =
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