What type of spider is this?

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natashaj South Lake Tahoe, CA Oct 24, 2013

I was in Tahoe and found this outside of an antique store...Can't find a like pic online anywhere... ?? Any ideas?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Oct 25, 2013

Definitely an Araneus sp. I suspect that it may be an unusually hairy/spiky variant of a cat-faced spider, Araneus gemmoides - see http://bugguide.net/node/view/693456 for an example. Spiders in this genus can show tremendous individual variation within a given species.

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