This spider was found in my apartment on the evening of May 19th in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada Thank you!!
This spider was found in my apartment on the evening of May 19th in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada Thank you!!
What a great picture!
I believe that this is a bridge orbweaver/grey cross spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) or a close relative. The common name "bridge orbweaver" refers to this spider's preference for building webs on bridges and other steel structures.
Furrow spiders (that's a common name for this genus) belong to the orbweaver family (Araneidae) of spiders. No species of orbweaver is recognized as being dangerously venomous.
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