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SBBG-SCL-TIC_000060 - Argiope argentata
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SBBG-SCL-TIC_000060 - Argiope argentata
San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA
March 1, 2019
Collected from Pyramid Ridge in maritime desert scrub from Opuntia littoralis via time-constrained search; 32.8257, -118.3601. Image by Samantha K. Taylor.

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SBBG-SCL-TIC_000060 - Argiope argentata SBBG-SCL-TIC_000060 - Argiope argentata SBBG-SCL-TIC_000060 - Argiope argentata SBBG-SCL-TIC_000060 - Argiope argentata
Contributed by Casey Richart on 18 February, 2020 - 3:12pm
Last updated 4 March, 2021 - 9:51pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Casey Richart, 20 February, 2020 - 6:48pm

Possibly ...
a male Argiope aurantia.
… Laura P., 20 February, 2020 - 10:43am

 
Possible Argiope male
whaaat??? so cool. thanks!
… Casey Richart, 20 February, 2020 - 5:44pm

 
argentata
That does look better.
… Laura P., 20 February, 2020 - 7:44pm

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