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Writing Spider

Argiope aurantia

Photo by DylanFisher
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Field Notes

Description:

Black and Yellow with a very neat web. Very fun to feed!

Habitat:

Anywhere

Notes:

Eats bugs such as grasshoppers,crickets,flies,moths,and butterflies.

Species ID Suggestions

Writing Spider

Argiope aurantia

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BethAngermeier
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Comments (4)
Kelt
I've also heard them called cotton wood spider
Aaron_G
Oh, and when you get a moment, this spotting should be moved to the Arthropods category. Thanks! :-)
Aaron_G
Hi and welcome to Project Noah, Dylan! Your spider is a female and it's a wonderful first spotting. Please consider this mission for all your Oklahoma spottings: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7959766

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PublishedSeptember 1, 2013

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