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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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spider- Is it dangerous to my dog? - Argiope aurantia
Copyright © 2007 Barbara

spider- Is it dangerous to my dog? - Argiope aurantia
Flower MOund County, Texas, USA
September 21, 2007
Size: 3 inches
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Contributed by Barbara on 21 September, 2007 - 5:03pm
Last updated 13 October, 2007 - 2:43pm

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… john and jane balaban, 13 October, 2007 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 12 October, 2007 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

No.
This is the "golden garden spider," or "writing spider," Argiope aurantia. It is an orb weaver. NO orb weaver spiders are dangerously venomous to people or pets. Thank you for letting this female spider be:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 September, 2007 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing that they're harmless! We have one of these beauties in our garden and now that I know my wife and I, and our pets are safe, I'm going to do my best to keep her happily living here for as long as she'll stay!
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