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Yellow Garden Spider - Argiope aurantia - female
Copyright © 2008 Jerry Armstrong

Yellow Garden Spider - Argiope aurantia - Female
Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
August 30, 2008
Size: about 50 mm
Found at night crawling around edge of sliding glass door. At this time, there were no less than 5 (that I knew of) within 100 feet of my house.

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Yellow Garden Spider - Argiope aurantia - female Yellow Garden Spider - Argiope aurantia - female
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Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 29 December, 2008 - 2:18pm
Last updated 2 January, 2009 - 2:16am

50 mm?
I hope you were counting the legs and not just the body when you came up with 50 mm. That is one big, but pretty, spider!
… Carol Davis, 29 December, 2008 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

 
You're right
It's been a long day, the body was about 35mm and with legs probably a little larger than 50mm. But she wouldn't let me near her with a ruler.
… Jerry Armstrong, 29 December, 2008 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

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