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Large Spider with fluorescent markings - Argiope aurantia
Copyright © 2011 IAN DAWSON

Large Spider with fluorescent markings - Argiope aurantia
Shelbourne, Roseway County, Nova Scotia, Canada
September 3, 2011
Size: Body length approx 3/4"
Underside of spider has two row 4 or 5 dots running front to back also in fluorescent green.
Overall length (tip of leg to tip of leg) guessed at 2-1/4"
Web has milky strands running vertically.
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Contributed by IAN DAWSON on 3 September, 2011 - 8:29pm
Last updated 4 September, 2011 - 9:04pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 4 September, 2011 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

Location...
I'm confused by your location. Is it Nova Scotia or Ontario?
… Lynette Elliott, 4 September, 2011 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

 
Winters in Ontario, summers i
Winters in Ontario, summers in Nova Scotia. So this fine spider is in Nova Scotia close to the beach in a blackberry patch.
… IAN DAWSON, 4 September, 2011 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I think I fixed your location correctly. This is our first image of this species from Nova Scotia.
… Lynette Elliott, 4 September, 2011 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Ken, thats the spider.
Thanks Ken, thats the spider.
… IAN DAWSON, 3 September, 2011 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia)


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… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 September, 2011 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

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