Can you identify this Spider?

[BooDa]

Hey all, we have a bit of a problem, we had someone bit by this little creature and we would like to know it it is poisonous?
She is allergic to a lot of things and there is a red blotchy mark where she was bit. Anyone know the name of this guy, so we can research it? We are in Fort Vermilion Ontario Canada
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/boofboy72/HPIM1140.jpg

[Venom]

That looks like an Araneus bicentenarius, "giant lichen orbweaver." Allergies aside, it is considered harmless.

[BooDa]

Thanks for the quick response :worship:
I didn't think they came this far north, or west, from the reading I have been doing it seems like this spider is a south eastern dweller of North America.
and the more pics I look at the more I am convinced it is a giant lichen orbweaver. Too bad this little guy had to die, she just freaked out when she got bit. :-(

[NRF]

Notice that also Araneus saevus is called "giant lichen orbweaver". This is why the common names should be put where they belong, in the recycle bin...