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Araña escritora

Argiope aurantia

Description:

Argiope aurantia es una especie de araña araneomorfa perteneciente a la familia de los araneidos. Comunmente conocida como araña negra y amarilla del jardín o araña escritora (porque su estabilimento es parecido a la escritura), aparece con frecuencia en 48 estados de Estados Unidos, Hawaii, el sur de Canadá, México, y América Central. Tienen marcas distintivas de color amarillo y negro en el abdomen y el cefalotórax en su mayoría blanco. Los varones miden de 5 a 9 mm y las hembras de 19 a 28 mm. Al igual que otros miembros de Argiope se considera inocuos para los seres humanos.

Habitat:

Suelen construir redes en las zonas adyacentes a campos abiertos y soleados donde permanecen ocultas y protegidas del viento. También se pueden encontrar a lo largo de los aleros de las casas o en cualquier vegetación alta.

Notes:

Autor de la foto: Billo Zamudio Palestino

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7 Comments

Billo-kun
Billo-kun 11 years ago

Ohh I'm sorry forgive me :( my english is not so good, and yes I know what you talking about, sometimes is frustrating. @Ashish Nimkar

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

I mean Argiope sp called Signature spider and Silver Orb weaver. They have Silver hairy head what I want to capture.... but every-time I get their heads find turned into odd position which was non spottable.

Billo-kun
Billo-kun 11 years ago

Wooow Is huge, but I think there are a different genus, don't you think? @Ashish Nimkar

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

This is why it is called Silver Orb weaver...
I tried same with Indian Golden Orb weaver... for Golden hair head.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/156...

Billo-kun
Billo-kun 11 years ago

Not so small, this spider had a size of 15 mm aprox @OnengDyah :) and thank you!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Great spotting... Did you tried to capture its Silver haired face...?

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago

great pic..and unique..spider..i think is tiny spider.

Billo-kun
Spotted by
Billo-kun

Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico

Spotted on Oct 29, 2012
Submitted on Oct 30, 2012

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