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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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Orb Weaver - Argiope trifasciata
Copyright © 2008 cwmelton

Orb Weaver - Argiope trifasciata
Ramsey Canyon Road, Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
September 18, 2008
Any help with an ID would be appreciated.
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Contributed by cwmelton on 21 November, 2008 - 11:51am
Last updated 15 August, 2009 - 4:51pm

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… john and jane balaban, 15 August, 2009 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert but...
Please see Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)



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Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata)



Maybe somebody else will be more sure from looking at the ventral view. Did you happen to get a dorsal shot?
… Ron M., 21 November, 2008 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I did not get a dorsal view.
I did not get a dorsal view.
… cwmelton, 21 November, 2008 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

 
A. trifasciata.
Most common (only?) Argiope here.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 November, 2008 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the ID.
Thank you for the ID.
… cwmelton, 21 November, 2008 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

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