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Large orangish colored spider with brown patterned markings, has webs that are nearly 2 feet in diameter that are very organized.
Spotted on Oct 11, 2013
Submitted on Oct 11, 2013
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Hi Lee, that's a nice looking spider! This is a type of Orb Weaver, family Araneidae. Unfortunately I cannot tell which genus or species this is. One way to help identify Orb Weavers is to get both a picture of the dorsal pattern (top of abdomen) and the ventral pattern (bottom of abdomen).