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Argiope sp.
The Signature spider holds its legs in pairs to disguise itself as a four legged creature; it does this to not appear to look like a spider :)
Urban garden.
These spiders have many names around the world, they are known as an Argiope, a Black and Yellow Garden Spider or a Writing Spider in North America. It is known as Wasp Spider in Germany and the rest of Europe and the St Andrews Cross spider in Austrailia. They know it as KOGANE-GUMO in Japan and East Asia. There are 75 different species of this spider but they all look the same. Their colours vary in between their stripes but they all keep the black and yellow stripes, for example they could have a blue or red thin ring in between the stripes and their heads could be a different colour. - Scienceray @ http://scienceray.com/biology/zoology/th...
Spotted on Nov 10, 2012
Submitted on Nov 10, 2012
6 Comments
Great spotting just like the rest.
Thanks for the complement Yuko!
What a beauty! Looks almost like a piece of art!
Thank you RiekoS and Jolly! :)
Beautiful series Leana.
Beautiful spotting. Somehow, it reminded me of American Indian pattern.