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Garden Orbweaver - Banded Garden Spider - Argiope trifasciata - female
Copyright © 2008 Carol L. Breton

Garden Orbweaver - Banded Garden Spider - Argiope trifasciata - Female
West of Benson, Bordering Cochise County, Arizona, USA
September 21, 2008
Size: Large - Body maybe 1 inch
While out looking for insects and such on the Desert Broom plants in my front yard in a rural desert area, 4,600' elevation,
about six miles west of Benson, I found this gorgeous spider. My research has led me to this point.
Is this a genus of the Garden Orbweaver - Argiope? Also, I believe it is a female.

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Garden Orbweaver - Banded Garden Spider - Argiope trifasciata - female Garden Orbweaver - Banded Garden Spider - Argiope trifasciata - female Garden Orbweaver - Banded Garden Spider - Argiope trifasciata - female
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Contributed by Carol L. Breton on 22 September, 2008 - 8:12pm
Last updated 23 September, 2008 - 3:44pm

Moved
Moved from Garden Orbweavers.
… Carol L. Breton, 23 September, 2008 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

Banded garden spider.
This is a female Argiope trifasciata. Those specimens from arid places tend to be very pale.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 September, 2008 - 1:42am login or register to post comments

 
Banded Garden spider
Thank you Eric for the positive id.
… Carol L. Breton, 23 September, 2008 - 7:12am login or register to post comments

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