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Spider for ID help - Argiope trifasciata

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.

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.

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


Yes, please delete one.

 
Thanks Lynette.
The other has been deleted.

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

-Kevin

 
Thanks Kevin.
Not sure what you mean by the date?

 
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

 
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.