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black and yellow spider - Leucauge argyra
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black and yellow spider - Leucauge argyra
Coral Springs, Broward County, Florida, USA
December 28, 2005
This is the underside of the spider I posted before

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black and yellow spider - Leucauge argyra black and yellow spider - Leucauge argyra
Contributed by SusanDoll on 3 January, 2006 - 9:22pm
Last updated 4 January, 2006 - 5:07pm

Inconclusive.
The "basilica spider" is another possibility here. They build dome-shaped orb webs. Very distinctive. Can't tell anything from the web shot, sorry, but perhaps you observed its structure more closely?
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 January, 2006 - 11:16am

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