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unidentified spider - Argiope
Copyright © 2008 David Trently

unidentified spider - Argiope
Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
August 8, 2008
On the way to the BugGuide Gathering in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 3 of us stopped at Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge in Knox County, TN. Here is one of the creatures we found there.

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unidentified spider - Argiope unidentified spider - Argiope
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Contributed by David Trently on 11 August, 2008 - 11:08am
Last updated 29 August, 2008 - 9:00pm

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… john and jane balaban, 29 August, 2008 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

It reminds me of an Argiope.
It reminds me of an Argiope. A guess would be a immature Banded Argiope, but I'm not sure. See what you think while you wait for a positive ID: http://bugguide.net/node/view/2007/bgimage
… Sharon and Bill Harris, 11 August, 2008 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

 
unidentified spider
I hadn't considered looking at Argiope...but then, I'm extremely new to spider identification.
The shape and pattern on the abdomen do seem to fit well with some of the images for Argiope trifasciata (Not suggesting it is that species, just that it seems to fit the structure of it)
… David Trently, 11 August, 2008 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

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