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Black and Yellow Argiope - Argiope aurantia
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Black and Yellow Argiope - Argiope aurantia
Milton, Massachusetts, USA
August 6, 2004
Contributed by tom murray on 14 March, 2005 - 7:17pm

Info page
This image is being used on the genus info page. Thanks!
… Lynette Elliott, 14 December, 2012 - 8:34am

Hi I have two dogs and 2year
Hi I have two dogs and 2year old kid is this spider danerous at all?
… Eddie, 26 August, 2007 - 1:28pm

 
Not dangerous
The only time one of these spiders would bite a person is if it were grabbed, and felt threatened. These argiopes look threatening, but they are not aggressive at all, and in the rare case of a bite, all that usually happens is a red bump.
… tom murray, 26 August, 2007 - 3:08pm

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