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Banded garden spider (female)

Argiope aurantia

Photo by KimChampagne
Published on Project Noah
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Species ID Suggestions

Banded garden spider (definitely female)

Argiope aurantia

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Orb weaver

Genus Argiope
oxyjack
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Comments (3)
Aaron_G
This one is a female. Males are tiny.
annorion
Scientific name is Argiope aurantia

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International Spider Survey
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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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Louisiana Wild!
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Mission WILD
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedMarch 1, 2012

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