Via the #MontrealGazette @ 3:41pm EDT on Oct 12, 2014

#McGillUniversity #entomologist #ChrisBuddle said that with winter approaching, #spiders are bigger than normal and seen more often.

The reason they're large is because they're ready to lay their eggs," he said. "Then the female spiders will die once the colder weather and the frost comes."

Buddle said that mature orb-weaver spiders are big and very noticeable this year.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/more-and-bigger-spiders-noticeable-in-montreal-this-fall-1.7072557