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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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Black and Yellow Spider - Argiope aurantia
Copyright © 2008 Nathanael Siders

Black and Yellow Spider - Argiope aurantia
Missouri, USA
July 26, 2008
I know this isn't the traditional Garden Spider, but not positive what it is. Much more slender than the Yellow and Black Garden Spider's I've seen.
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Contributed by Nathanael Siders on 18 August, 2008 - 11:07am
Last updated 27 June, 2009 - 2:59pm

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… john and jane balaban, 13 September, 2008 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

Compare with this Argiope [th
Compare with this Argiope .

I just had to check out some photos I took of a young Argiope who is now residing just below our deck and she still has some stripes on her legs. She is still very slender but I expect she'll grow quite a bit this summer and lose her stripes.
… Ilona L., 18 August, 2008 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

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argiope aurantia
… Matt Edmonds, 18 August, 2008 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

 
So it is a traditional "garde
So it is a traditional "garden spider then". I wasn't sure since the abdomen is much more slender than the round bodies I usually see. Thanks for the identification.
… Nathanael Siders, 18 August, 2008 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
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this photo shows a very nice example of the "stabilimentum" that some spiders use to decorate their webs. Nice image!
… Ken Schneider, 18 August, 2008 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

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