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Writing Spider

Argiope aurantia

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Black and Yellow with a very neat web. Very fun to feed!

Habitat:

Anywhere

Notes:

Eats bugs such as grasshoppers,crickets,flies,moths,and butterflies.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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BethAngermeier
BethAngermeier 10 years ago
Writing Spider
Argiope aurantia Argiope aurantia


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4 Comments

Kelt
Kelt 8 years ago

I've also heard them called cotton wood spider

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Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 10 years ago

Moved to Arthropods :-)

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Aaron_G
Aaron_G 10 years ago

Oh, and when you get a moment, this spotting should be moved to the Arthropods category. Thanks! :-)

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Aaron_G
Aaron_G 10 years ago

Hi and welcome to Project Noah, Dylan! Your spider is a female and it's a wonderful first spotting. Please consider this mission for all your Oklahoma spottings: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7959...

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DylanFisher
Spotted by
DylanFisher

Oklahoma, USA

Spotted on Aug 31, 2013
Submitted on Sep 1, 2013

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