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Please help us to identify this guy. - Argiope argentata - female
Copyright © 2019 ak

Please help us to identify this guy. - Argiope argentata - Female
Duval, USA, Travis County, Texas, USA
June 6, 1992
Spotted in a chaparral dominated by mesquite and opuntia.
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Contributed by ak on 13 July, 2019 - 5:45pm
Last updated 13 July, 2019 - 7:30pm

Please click on Edit
and adjust the location fields. Putting info in a comment doesn't help. You actually need to fix the information. Please remove USA from your fields. The software knows to enter it.
… john and jane balaban, 26 September, 2020 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

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Argiope argentata
Correction sighting place: Duval Co., Texas:
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