[SCA-AE] OT - Spider ID

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Actually, it looks more like an argiope keyserlingi - same genus, but with the solid color legs - the aurantia usually has yellow bands on the legs. They're both orb weavers, though, and if you look at the web, you will often see a ladder pattern in the middle of the weaving.They are harmless and will eat a lot of bugs.
  Great photo!
  Tiercelin
   
  McAndrew-Schwoegl <schwoegl at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
  My bet is a yellow garden spider Argiope aurantia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_garden_spider

You did not mention the size, but they are huge.

Remus

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Megan Coriale" 
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Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:15 PM
Subject: [SCA-AE] OT - Spider ID


> Last night as I was playing in the yard with my kids, they were so very
> kind to point out to me the location of two spiders. I've got a severe
> case of arachnophobia, you see. If you've ever wanted to see me running
> at top speed screaming like a girl, just show me a live, moving spider.
> These two spiders are not movers, though. They (thankfully) just hang
> there in their webs. The one is of the brown/gray striped variety I've
> killed countless numbers of. The other, how ever is something I've not
> seen before. I took pictures of the strange one and was attempting to ID
> it on the internet but just looking at the photos is too much...
>
> It has long black legs ending in what look like sharp claws. As it hangs
> in it's web, it has it legs close together so that from a distance it
> looks like it only has 4 legs. The body is bulbous, yellow with an
> interesting white stripes and black oval/dots pattern. It has obvious
> hair on its body (thanks to my 5MP camera...) and legs, the body hair
> appears to be white and the leg hair looks black.
>
> I'm getting the heebie-jeebies looking at this picture. I took it high
> resolution, so the file it upwards of 5 MB, so I uploaded it to my
> photobucket:
> http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w7/Megthemad/?action=view¤t=spi
> ders003.jpg
> Inquiring minds wanna know... Well, *my* inquiring mind does. Are there
> any bug lovers out there who might know what this thing is?
>
> Thanks,
> Meg the Mad!!!
>
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