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Esta aranha é mesmo grande. Registo efetuado na mata nacional de Leiria
Roadside at foot of limestone mountains.
Track along foot of limestone mountain
I spotted this spider in Agriosykia region, near Xi beach, Paliki, Cephalonia ...
spider...
And there she was: a spectacular female Lobed
Mountain airfield at 1,100 metres ASL, scattered bushes, hardy thistle plants ...
Roadside path between agricultural fields and limestone mountain.
Large mimetized spider in a dry field on Kythera island, Greece
Huge spider... Perhaps 6-8 cm long, or even more. Found among scrubs.
Large orb-weaver with pale body and side indentations.
Another example not too far from the earlier one but this shows the top much ...
Note what could be the male in the top left corner of the 1st 2 pictures.
Argiope
Araña araneomorfa perteneciente a la familia de los araneidos. En Europa ...
The male of this species is small (body length 6 mm) but the female is large ...
The female spider is rather big - about 2 cm body and very long legs. Very ...
From fangs to end of belly it was 4cm long.
An orb weaver from the Argiope family. It ...
Argiope catenulata (Doleschall, 1859). The ...
Female (photographed) is large and spectacular. About 2,5 cm in body length ...
The male of this species is small (body length 6 mm) but the female is large ...
Large spider, maybe 7.5 to 10cm in length including legs.
A large web is built, usually in a vertical position that allows them to trap ...
The female of this species (photographed) is large, spectacular and scary ...
As suggested by Peris,One feature of the webs of some orb-weavers is the ...
