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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Garden Orbweavers (Argiope) » Silver Argiope (Argiope argentata)
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Silver Argiope - Argiope argentata
Copyright © 2011 Chandra Little

Silver Argiope - Argiope argentata
Loggerhead Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA
April 29, 2011
Orange, white, and brown spider.

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Silver Argiope - Argiope argentata Unknown spider - Argiope argentata
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Contributed by Chandra Little on 15 June, 2011 - 10:44pm
Last updated 16 June, 2011 - 8:54am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Chandra Little, 16 June, 2011 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

Looks like
Silver Argiope (Argiope argentata):

… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 June, 2011 - 6:11am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! I saw a dozen or
Thank you! I saw a dozen or so of these on the prickly pear cacti in the Dry Tortugas.
… Chandra Little, 16 June, 2011 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

St. Andrews Cross Spider?
I had one in my garden once and a friend told me it was a banana spider. When i googled banana spider (they are native to brazil?) I found a more common garden spider called the St. Andrews Cross Spider. Of course it has different names for different countries.

In North America, Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the black and yellow garden spider, corn spider, and writing spider, because of the similarity of the web stabilimenta to writing... per wikipedia.
… luvbnmrscoates, 15 June, 2011 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Ken's ID of Silver Argiope lo
Ken's ID of Silver Argiope looks like the one, but thank you for the suggestion!
… Chandra Little, 16 June, 2011 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

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