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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.

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Argiope trifasciata

Species ID Suggestions

Banded garden spider

Argiope trifasciata

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lori.tas
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Comments (6)
lori.tas
Guess I should have read your notes. ;)
Latimeria
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.
lori.tas
No problem Latimeria. But I draw the line at trying to identify that moth she's eating.
Latimeria
Thanks Peter! And thank you again, lori.tas, for another great ID!
peter
By the way congrats on your recent Explorer status! We'll have to make a new tier of spotting patches very soon.
peter
Nice one Latimeria!

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PublishedFebruary 8, 2011

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