The Black and Yellow Garden Spider--Argiope aurant by SilverElf_SE

Photography • Animals • posted on Aug 02, 2010

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Argiope aurantia This really nice female Argiope aurantia (Commonly known as the Black and Yellow Garden Spider) has currently taken residence in our backyard garden near our tomato plants. I have seen these off and on over the years around our house, but never one this big (I estimate her to be about 3 to 3 1/2 inches from front leg to back leg when sitting on the web. I first spotted her from our kitchen window which is on the 2nd floor of my house overlooking the garden.. she was that big that she was easily spotted, so I grabbed my camera and took some shots of her... This image has been re-sized to be able to be uploaded here at Renderosity.

Comments (7)

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stardiver

4:25PM | Mon, 02 August 2010

Great photo capture of a predator in all its glory

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paul leatham

6:09PM | Mon, 02 August 2010

Good looking spider.

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mrestey

6:44PM | Mon, 02 August 2010

WOOOOOOOOOOOW! Nice capture of a BIG BEAUTIFUL black & yellow! I haven't seen one of those in YEARS! I remember, as a kid throwing some poor hapless insects into the web just so I could watch them wrap up their dinner. Nice shot. Thanks for sharing.

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