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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Garden Orbweavers (Argiope) » Banded Argiope (Argiope trifasciata)
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Garden Orbweaver - Argiope trifasciata
Copyright © 2008 Linda Murphy

Garden Orbweaver - Argiope trifasciata
Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 21, 2007
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Contributed by Linda Murphy on 6 June, 2008 - 11:39am
Last updated 6 June, 2008 - 4:48pm

Banded Argiope, I believe
see here. Lovely image, but please click edit and add date if available.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 6 June, 2008 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

 
a/k/a Orb Weaver?
I was thinking that but the web design does not have that typical ziz zag pattern.......
… Linda Murphy, 6 June, 2008 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

 
stabilimentum
You made me look it up (couldn't think of it myself). :-)
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 6 June, 2008 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Orb Weavers are a huge family of spiders
the Argiope genus is sometimes referred to as Garden Orbweavers or Writing Spiders.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 6 June, 2008 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
The zig zag is not always pre
The zig zag is not always present.
… Jebus31, 6 June, 2008 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

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