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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: BoboBird on September 15, 2011, 12:38:18 AM

Title: Yikes! Big and fat...
Post by: BoboBird on September 15, 2011, 12:38:18 AM

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nXDeAAFVDKg/TnE5Vj1HW9I/AAAAAAAACV8/kGAMUAWP7nk/s800/20110912_6041-43.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-k1KRUfjrjvg/TnE5bSuxV7I/AAAAAAAACWA/bPqrXYfSOZI/s800/20110912_6108.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UR-W_LFyW4Q/TnE5jAV_PoI/AAAAAAAACWI/_mHO8kGjQv0/s800/20110912_6111-1.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i3ip-DAI7cA/TnE5FLjpqiI/AAAAAAAACVw/HWwtyQQTyrc/s800/20110912_5980.jpg)

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Post by: JW Mills on September 18, 2011, 09:21:35 AM

Nice find!

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Post by: jackbreakfast on September 19, 2011, 11:53:07 AM

Merciful God, Bobo! Did this arachnid eat you? Of course he did! Heaven help us...

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Post by: Rob'in'To on September 19, 2011, 06:36:48 PM

Cool!

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Post by: BoboBird on September 20, 2011, 12:31:13 AM

Not to his taste - spit me out. :)

Thanks guys, glad you found him/her interesting. Someone said it could be a she.

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Post by: denis on September 20, 2011, 09:45:00 PM

great find.
love the first 2

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Post by: BoboBird on September 21, 2011, 02:47:00 AM

Thanks Denis.

Title: Re: Yikes! Big and fat...
Post by: Bird Brain on September 22, 2011, 06:16:57 PM

Awesome!  In your last photo, looks like he/she is going to completely and totally blow up!   :lol:

Title: Re: Yikes! Big and fat...
Post by: BoboBird on September 23, 2011, 01:22:27 AM

Thank Jo-Anne, looks that way.

Someone said it could be a she.

Title: Re: Yikes! Big and fat...
Post by: gary yankech on October 30, 2011, 08:28:27 PM

I think this is some type of cross spider....there seems to be a much variation with these spiders, Check out the photos I took of a similar spider. Hope this helps.

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/4980910161_455cedf1ec.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/4980910161/)
cross spider, Araneus diadematus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/4980910161/) by Gary Yankech (http://www.flickr.com/people/49663413@N08/), on Flickr

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5045842350_2d4f76f642.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/5045842350/)
cross spider (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/5045842350/) by Gary Yankech (http://www.flickr.com/people/49663413@N08/), on Flickr

Cya
Gary Yankech