A reader from the western burbs needs help IDing this spider.
Anybody who can with one of these interesting quests in Chicago outdoors, please post below or e-mail me at outdoordb@sbcglobal.net.
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Wasp spider
Bink, thanks much. I beginning to think you are a renaissance man: spider expert, football player/coach, spoonplugger. Next I'll find out you're blowing the horn at the Green Mill on weekends.
It's tough to tell from that photo, but I think it's more likely one of these:
http://www.catchphotorelease.com/bandedgardenspider1.htm
Female Banded Garden Spider
This website may help. I used it to identify a spider that my friends 5 year old son found in Lithia Springs on Lake Shelbyville yesterday.
http://www.spiderzrule.com/orbweaver1.htm