Orb Weaving spider (Argiope savignyi)

Photo by Tukup

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

A pretty black and white spider. The back was completely white with small amount of black showing in the rear area.The first segment of legs were a red-brown and the last alternating bands of black brown and white.

Habitat:

The spider was found @12:00 sitting almost invisibly (700 masl) in an ingenious web on the screen of our front window in the Amazon rainforest of SE Ecuador.

Notes:

An attractive spider with a very unique web. I had to look twice to even see it sitting there.

Reference Links:

Argiope savignyi - Wikipedia

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