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Silver Argiope

Argiope argentata

Description:

As with most members of the Argiope genus the female of the species tends to be much larger than the male. The body of Argiope argentata tends to be primarily silver with brown and orange colorations further back on the abdomen on the top, with a primarily brown underbelly. The legs have bands of orange, black and silver. The female can be up to 35mm in length whereas the male tends to be 20mm or less.

Habitat:

Tropical Rainforest

Notes:

This has been the biggest specimen of this species i have seen 6 cm aprox.

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3 Comments

ArtexSquared
ArtexSquared 11 years ago

nice macro!

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Thanks harsuame! this species are really calm so you can easily approach to it.

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Woww espectacular bellos disparos::

Nimbid Ditavi
Spotted by
Nimbid Ditavi

Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia

Spotted on Dec 29, 2012
Submitted on Jan 4, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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