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Black and Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Photo by Jo D.
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Black and Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

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Comments (3)
koixtreme
P.S. The smaller one is the male...poor guy! But its true, males are usually that much smaller so the female can not catch and eat it after mating!
Jo D.
They love gardens!
TheresaV
we get these spiders in FL and there very interesting

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PublishedMay 12, 2011

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