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Wildlife Spotting

Photo by Deni
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Field Notes

Description:

Big spider

Habitat:

My backyard

Species ID Suggestions

Black and Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

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Samuel Hartman
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Comments (2)
Aaron_G
Yours is a female. If you have time, go check around the edges of her web and see if you can spot a smaller male. There's no guarantee that one is present, but this is certainly the right time of year to see them.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2013

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