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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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Unknown Spider? - Argiope aurantia
Copyright © 2009 Matthew Zito

Unknown Spider? - Argiope aurantia
Quittapahilla Preserve, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 14, 2009
Size: large

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Contributed by Matthew Zito on 16 September, 2009 - 4:23pm
Last updated 29 January, 2010 - 5:23pm

Moved
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… Ken Schneider, 29 January, 2010 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 10 October, 2009 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Please see...
Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)
… Ron M., 16 September, 2009 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Thanks.
… Matthew Zito, 16 September, 2009 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Spider
They go by tons of other names, though, so don't get confused. Often known as Writing Spiders. There is an old myth that is your name is written in the web, you will die in 24hrs...
… Ali Iyoob, 17 September, 2009 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Never heard that one.
Never heard that one.
… Matthew Zito, 17 September, 2009 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

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