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Banded Garden Spider

Argiope trifasciata

Photo by Latimeria
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Field Notes

Description:

Has a similar body structure to Argiope aurantia, the Black and Yellow Garden Spider, but the markings are different.

Habitat:

The middle of a field, with long grass.

Notes:

There's an unfortunate grasshopper caught in this one's web.

Species ID Suggestions

Banded garden spider

Argiope trifasciata

Comments (6)

Guess I should have read your notes. ;)
Good thing you drew that line, because that's a grasshopper! I actually might have an identification for it; when I get some extra time I'm going to check it out.
No problem Latimeria. But I draw the line at trying to identify that moth she's eating.
Thanks Peter! And thank you again, lori.tas, for another great ID!
By the way congrats on your recent Explorer status! We'll have to make a new tier of spotting patches very soon.
Nice one Latimeria!
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2011

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