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Spider for ID help - Argiope trifasciata
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Gingold

Spider for ID help - Argiope trifasciata
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
July 12, 2008
Size: @1"
An orb weaver I found in a wet meadow last year. I did post this previously, but still don't know the ID so I'm trying again in hopes someone knows this guy. If two of the same image is a problem I'll delete the other.
Thanks for any help.
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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 10 June, 2009 - 12:23pm
Last updated 15 August, 2009 - 4:39pm

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… john and jane balaban, 15 August, 2009 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

Argiope
I'm not sure which one, but it looks like Argiope trifasciata.


Yes, please delete one.
… Lynette Schimming, 10 June, 2009 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Lynette.
The other has been deleted.
… Stephen Gingold, 14 June, 2009 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

 
An immature specimen (1 July,
An immature specimen (1 July, I think, was the date).

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 11 June, 2009 - 12:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Kevin.
Not sure what you mean by the date?
… Stephen Gingold, 14 June, 2009 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
I think that they mature late
I think that they mature later in the summer. The Argiope specimens that I found in North Carolina at the end of June were also still immature, and that's a bit south of where you are.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 14 June, 2009 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
I understand now.
This was not a recent image. I reposted it from last July 12. But you are probably right about it being an immature specimen.
Thanks again.
… Stephen Gingold, 14 June, 2009 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

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