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Argiope aurantia
this guy was hanging out on the back window of my truck
Based on the web it is a writing spider and yes the other names are for same. Maybe a variation. Hopefully someone else with more knowledge can help.
James-is the Writing Spider the common name for the Argiope spider? I have also seen the term garden spider. I was looking at some pictures and I see mostly yellow and black spiders. I haven't seen one that looks like this one.
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nice its argiope but not sure better wait specialist give it the name. they are good in making web