Comments & ID Thoughts
I considered a barn spider first, catfaced spider, orbweaver, or brown recluse. My wife had it on her arm when she came in the house from the garage
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- Submitted: Aug 26, 2020
- Photographed: Aug 26, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
A brown recluse can be safely ruled out, but I think you’ve got the right genus, which is Araneus: this must be an Angulate-shouldered Orb-weaver of some kind. Chances are this a Cat Faced Spider, as you suggested.