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garden spider, cross spider

Argiope sp.

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Description:

A cross spider with a "giant shield bug" nymph ensnared in its web. "The genus Argiope includes rather large and spectacular spiders that have often a strikingly coloured abdomen. These are well distributed throughout the world, and most countries in temperate or warmer climates have one or more species, which look similar."

Habitat:

Observed in a large semi-urban yard/garden next to a patch of disturbed remnant forest. This is in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

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Argiope (spider)

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PublishedJuly 6, 2014

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