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greycastleberry Chelsea, MA Sep 25, 2011

Hello! I almost walked right into this guy or gal's web this morning. Its abdomen is about 1/2" long. It actually has a fly caught under it. Yum. I live in Boston, MA and it's one of the biggest spiders I've seen around here.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Sep 25, 2011

An Orb Weaver in the Araneus genus. A very beneficial spider.

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Sep 26, 2011

Gorgeous pic by the way

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bokisan Colorado Springs, CO(Zone 4b) Sep 26, 2011

i just spied a big one on my building today, ... one of the largest i've seen,

abdomen, from a distance looks easily an honest inch in diameter, probably bigger

i'm going to photograph her

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