Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Garden Orbweavers (Argiope) » Florida Argiope (Argiope florida)
Photo#7167
Unidentified Orb Weaving Spider - Argiope florida
Copyright © 2004 Rattlebox Photography

Unidentified Orb Weaving Spider - Argiope florida
Lake Talquin State Forest, Leon County, Florida, USA
September 18, 2004
This orb-weaving spider was shot at Lake Talquin State Forest in Leon County, Florida, not far from the Georgia border. Its web was in an open, scrubby area. I have been unable to identify it; please help. A second image showing the front end of the spider more clearly follows.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Rattlebox Photography on 19 September, 2004 - 11:45am
Last updated 31 July, 2005 - 12:17pm

Orb weaver
Any chance it's the silver argiope, middle picture here . Check also in the guide here at (1). Did the orb web have a large X in the middle?
… john and jane balaban, 19 September, 2004 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

 
No X in the web that I saw; i
No X in the web that I saw; it looked like a generic orb weaver web. The spider does look like it might at least be a relative of the silver argiope, though, so at least that's somewhere to start digging further. Thanks.
… Rattlebox Photography, 19 September, 2004 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely Argiope,
and it closely matches a picture in Florida's Fabulous Spiders (1) of Argiope floridana, Silver-backed Argiope, aka Florida Garden Spider. See this link Animals of the Florida Scrub
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 19 September, 2004 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

 
I didn't notice an X in the w
I didn't notice an X in the web. It looked more like the web of a generic orb-weaver. I agree, though, that the spider does look like at least a close relative of the silver argiope. At least that gives me somewhere to start digging further. Thanks.
… Rattlebox Photography, 19 September, 2004 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact