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Wait, though: according to Lois Roper and Marian Thompson, it is an orb spider of some sort.

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Robb Bennett, a research associate with the Royal BC Museum that specialized is arachnology (the study of spiders), concluded that it is an orb-weaving garden spider, under the category of Araneus spiders.

He said it is tough for him to distinguish what the exact species is, it looks to be a garden cross spider.

on Sep 18, 2014 at 11:26am PDT

He said they are not dangerous to anyone, other than the things that they feed upon.

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But Bennett, what about the smile?

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In 2017, Bennett concluded that there are 859 spider species confirmed from British Columbia.

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Since posting, the wee spider left its original abode, without warning Jardine; who now wears shoes when walking in her yard.

Perhaps, before science and knowledge and everything else that could identify this friendly neighbourhood spider tried to figure out what it was, it could be as simple as what Colby A. Still said it was:

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