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Argiope spider

Male - Argiope sp.

Description:

Medium size spider on a web and forming the common 'cross' configuration.

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7 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Thanks. There goes my theory of having good observational skills.

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 11 years ago

Spelling Argiope 0!0

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 11 years ago

Thank you Martini, Glad to be of assistance :-)

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Thank you Stephen, that seems to be correct. That is an interesting link.

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 11 years ago

I would say Argiope male as well, there have been a lot of them around here http://www.weblightstudio.com.au/spiders...

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Than you PongWira. It certainly looks like agriope and I can see why you say male, since the abdomen is so small. I do not know them well enough to decide. http://www.flickr.com/photos/37823682@N0...

PongWira
PongWira 11 years ago

Argiope sp. Male?

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

2775, New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Jan 16, 2013
Submitted on Jan 23, 2013

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