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Argiope aurantia
I saw several of these around the park. I love the interesting center of the web.
Sandy with lots of saw palmetto and pine trees at Hal Scott Regional Preserve and Park
Spotted on Apr 29, 2014
Submitted on Apr 29, 2014
4 Comments
MrsPbio,
It appears I had the correct scientific name but wrong common name. I must've changed it or something and forgot to change the common name. Not too sure
Hmm. Well. I can't get the ID to click. so here's the bugguide.com link:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/186003
I saw this again, and thought "now who on earth ever thought that was a golden orb?" Then I opened it and.... it was me. Oooops.. It IS an immature orb-weaver, but NOT a golden orb. I believe it is an immature Argiope aurantia. Check the link I gave in the ID.
Sorry! I'm actually embarrassed by my incorrect ID!
I think this is a young golden orb weaver. You have another spotting of this that I gave a link to double-check it.