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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Garden Orbweavers (Argiope) » Florida Argiope (Argiope florida)
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Unknown Orb weaver? - Argiope florida
Copyright © 2012 Aubrey Sirman

Unknown Orb weaver? - Argiope florida
Ocala National Forest, Florida, USA
April 16, 2012
Size: very small
Found in Florida scrub in Ocala National Forest in web that was built in a small prickly pear cactus...I suspect that it is an orb weaver and I'd like to know what species it is.
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Contributed by Aubrey E Sirman on 16 April, 2012 - 2:31pm
Last updated 4 July, 2018 - 5:24pm

Genus info page
This image is being used for the genus info page. Thanks!
… Lynette Elliott, 14 December, 2012 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Argiope florida
Yes a juvenile. Nice find.

Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 April, 2012 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

 
A. argentata v A. florida juveniles
Without a look at the ventral side, how can A. florida and A. argentata juveniles be distinguished? As an example, https://bugguide.net/node/view/736049
Thank you.
… Tim1009, 16 September, 2020 - 2:12am login or register to post comments

Maybe the Florida Argiope (Argiope florida)?


Hold on to see if the spider specialists agree.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 April, 2012 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

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