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Garden Spider

3 Species ID Suggestions

Yasser
Yasser 13 years ago
Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope (Genus) Argiope (spider)
j.m.lohrman
j.m.lohrman 13 years ago
Garden spider
Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago
Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope_aurantia Argiope aurantia


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4 Comments

Apple
Apple 12 years ago

Most definitely Argiope aurentia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aur...

Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago

Looks like the species "aurantia" to me, though its abdomen is fatter than I've normally seen.

mahsati22
mahsati22 13 years ago

Thanks. I will check it out

Yasser
Yasser 13 years ago

Fantastic photos! I added a species suggestion with a reference link for the genus Argiope so you can read more. Beautiful spiders!

mahsati22
Spotted by
mahsati22

Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

Spotted on Jul 16, 2010
Submitted on Mar 16, 2011

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