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Black and Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

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ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago
Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia Argiope aurantia


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3 Comments

koixtreme
koixtreme 12 years ago

P.S. The smaller one is the male...poor guy! But its true, males are usually that much smaller so the female can not catch and eat it after mating!

Jo D.
Jo D. 12 years ago

They love gardens!

TheresaV
TheresaV 12 years ago

we get these spiders in FL and there very interesting

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Jo D.
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Jo D.

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Spotted on Oct 11, 2012
Submitted on May 12, 2011

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