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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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Male Argiope aurantia? - Argiope aurantia - male
Copyright © 2013 Amy Goodman

Male Argiope aurantia? - Argiope aurantia - Male
Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma, USA
August 15, 2013
Found this male spider inside. Relocated him outside to release and photograph him. I have a large female Black and Yellow spider on my porch so I think this is a male. I think he wasn't in too good of health, missing a leg and walked drunkenly.

So is this a male Argiope aurantia, and is it useful to the guide at all? I have a mating behavior photo from last year in the guide for August. No strictly male photos however for Oklahoma, if I'm not mistaken. Please feel free to frass with ID. Thank you.

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Male Argiope aurantia? - Argiope aurantia - male Male Argiope aurantia? - Argiope aurantia - male
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Contributed by Amy Goodman on 15 August, 2013 - 10:20pm
Last updated 19 August, 2013 - 4:13pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders. Yes, I think these are images of a dehydrated male. He looks a little odd because of that, which actually makes the images valuable in showing what a male looks like when dehydrated. You can go into these images and uncheck representative since we don't really want the odd ones to show up as representative images.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 August, 2013 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Can I do that?
I'm not aware of an area that I can check or uncheck anything... Thanks for the ID!
… Amy Goodman, 19 August, 2013 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
you just click the 'edit' under your image and then you can uncheck the 'representative' box.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 August, 2013 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Just tried...
I only have check boxes for Adult, immature, male and female. Am I missing it? Where is the checkbox on the form? Sorry for the confusion! Is it maybe an editor only option?
… Amy Goodman, 19 August, 2013 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

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