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Bajan71 Whitby, Canada Oct 12, 2008

I live in Ontario, Canada - and my two year old came across a very aggressive spider today.

hear are the specs:
* About 1/2 in length
* Legs were brown/black striped
* Body was a bright red in colour, with a series of white circles on it (4 on top almost in a cross symbol), a couple more on the butt side of the body.
* when I lowered my phone camera down to take a picture, it reared up raising it's front two legs as if too strike.
* Unfortunately, I am having difficulty downloading the picture... so none attached.

If anyone out there knows this spider by chance, or a site where I can enter in the description and find an answer, it would be appreciated.

Thanks! James

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 12, 2008

Most spider defensive behavior may be mistaken for aggression. This does not sound like anything dangerous, it most likely is a male orb weaver that was wandering about in search of a mate. You can find a list of the spiders of Ontario at http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiderslist/ON - clicking on a species name usually will bring up an image along with the descriptoin (images are not available for all species on the list).

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Bajan71 Whitby, Canada Oct 13, 2008

Thank you very much suunto.
James

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