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Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Photo by Ryan Reynolds
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Field Notes

Description:

A spider i found outside in my backyard.

Species ID Suggestions

Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

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AshleyT
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AshleyT
Only spiders in the US you need to worry about are widows and recluses. This gal is large, but relatively harmless. This should also be moved to the arthropods category
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2015

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