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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Garden Orbweavers (Argiope) » Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia)
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large spider - Argiope aurantia
Copyright © 2006 Brad

large spider - Argiope aurantia
Wilmington, southern County, Vermont, USA
August 8, 2006
Size: body-1 1/4 inches
In photo all the whitish looking area around body and spots on it's back are bright yellow, stripes on legs are pale yellow. It's web has a vertical heavy zig-zag patern from top to bottom. Spider is fast to catch bug that landed in it's web and it just ate it, then went back to center.
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Contributed by Brad on 8 August, 2006 - 9:52am
Last updated 10 September, 2006 - 10:35am

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… john and jane balaban, 10 September, 2006 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

I will move this to frass. W
I will move this to frass. We already have plenty of shots of this species.
… Tom Bentley, 12 August, 2006 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

Quite sure "The Longs" are co
Quite sure "The Longs" are correct with the ID. Millions of them in the grassy fields of VT. Mainly I just posted this because I "Long" to be back in VT and am glad to see another VTer on this site. VT needs better representation! I miss that beautiful state. 48yrs in VT and 9mo in SC and I'd go back and put up with the cold in a heartbeat. Keep some good VT insects images coming in!
… Richard Lareau, 8 August, 2006 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Argiope
I believe what you have is the Black and Yellow Argiope. You can see more info and images here. Hope this helps, welcome to Bug Guide!
… The Longs, 8 August, 2006 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

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