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argiope aetherea
Fat, yellow and dark striped abdomen, long spindly legs with yellow bands half way, approx 40-50mm, web ordered and with thick diagonal cross at centre.
Amongst green vegetation, spider sits at web centre with each of 2 pairs of legs matching the cross on the web.
Total width of web approx 1 metre.
Spotted on Nov 28, 2011
Submitted on Nov 28, 2011
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Agriopes are also called writing spiders because they spell the letter "X" on their web. The story of Charlotte's Web is modeled after this spider but Charlotte had a much greater vocabulary.