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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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adult male - adult female - Argiope aurantia - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Jay Barnes

adult male - adult female - Argiope aurantia - Male Female
Licking County, Ohio, USA
August 7, 2008

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Contributed by Jay Barnes on 14 August, 2008 - 5:02pm
Last updated 2 October, 2011 - 9:45am

Genus info page
This image is being used on the genus info page. Thanks!
… Lynette Elliott, 14 December, 2012 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
You're quite welcome
Glad I can still be somewhat useful. :)
… Jay Barnes, 14 December, 2012 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

 
=]
Thanks Jay & Happy Holidays!
… Lynette Elliott, 14 December, 2012 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

"Preparing to dock with the m
"Preparing to dock with the mother ship." -- what a daunting task, from this perspective.

Thanks, Lynette, for your suggestion -- the result (thanks, Jay) looks great.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 3 October, 2011 - 3:00am login or register to post comments

Hi again,
I don't suppose you took some images of the female ventral in focus. I'd like to post a clear shot of the female epigyne/scape to the info page. Thanks!
… Lynette Elliott, 12 September, 2011 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

 
I just added a couple
but my editing capabilities are very limited at the moment, so please feel free to frass/edit/resize/crop them as if they were your very own.

DOF is very shallow as both are part of two much larger groups intended for stacking. When I'm able to stack again I'll update the original of whatever you decide to keep while respecting any edits you happen to make.
… Jay Barnes, 1 October, 2011 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

Argiope aurantia mating
Just browsing along and wanted to say these are such great shots!
… Lynette Elliott, 4 May, 2011 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much Lynette. :-
Thank you so much Lynette. :-)
… Jay Barnes, 4 May, 2011 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

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