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Black and Yellow Orb Spider

Argiope aurantia

Description:

About 1.5" on the garage.

2 Species ID Suggestions

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago
Black & yellow garden spider
Argiope aurantia Argiope aurantia
Orb Spider
Argiope aurantia


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2 Comments

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 12 years ago

This is a female. With legspan, they are around the size of an adult human's palm.

FoxExplorer
FoxExplorer 12 years ago

How big was it?

jeremyp.white
Spotted by
jeremyp.white

Indiana, USA

Spotted on Sep 11, 2011
Submitted on Sep 11, 2011

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