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Banded Garden Spider - Argiope trifasciata - female
Copyright © 2009 Mark Wetmore

Banded Garden Spider - Argiope trifasciata - Female
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie near Vermillion, SE South Dakota, Clay County, South Dakota, USA
September 16, 2009
Size: body about 20 mm long
On a large web in mid-afternoon, in tall grass at the edge of the creek.
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Contributed by Mark Wetmore on 17 September, 2009 - 10:36pm
Last updated 19 September, 2009 - 7:00pm

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