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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Garden Orbweavers (Argiope) » Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia)
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Black-and-Yellow Argiope - Argiope aurantia - female
Copyright © 2017 Concededdread6

Black-and-Yellow Argiope - Argiope aurantia - Female
Grand Prairie , Texas, USA
September 10, 2016
Size: About 2 inches
When I was trying to take a picture it started to swing back an forth. Its web was very strong. Found it at about 2:30p.m.

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Black-and-Yellow Argiope - Argiope aurantia - female Black-and-Yellow Argiope - Argiope aurantia - female
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Contributed by Concededdread6 on 14 March, 2017 - 7:29pm
Last updated 15 March, 2017 - 7:30pm

Moved
Moved from Black-and-Yellow Argiope.
… John S. Ascher, 15 March, 2017 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

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… John S. Ascher, 15 March, 2017 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

Golden Orb-weaver
See here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/2025
… Ryan Andrews, 14 March, 2017 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

Looks like...
...Black-and-Yellow Argiope. Awesome spiders!

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2025
… Garrett Hargiss, 14 March, 2017 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like...
Thanks to both of you. I thought it was cool but my client didn't. The spider was pretty mad too after I destroyed it's web but she was right in my way. That was last fall... I still feel bad about that lol
… Concededdread6, 14 March, 2017 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

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