spiders
Jul 3, 2012 14:14:47 #
from yesterday,we lost power for most of the day.that AC sure felt good when it came back on.tom
Jul 3, 2012 14:29:56 #
Your spider is an Argiope (orb weaver), but I do not know which species:
http://www.insectidentification.org/spiders.asp
http://www.insectidentification.org/spiders.asp
Jul 3, 2012 16:24:54 #
Jul 3, 2012 17:51:52 #
gym wrote:
Immature or not, leg patters and body shape do not match my A. aurantia images, such as this:I think it's Argiope aurantia - immature.
Black and Yellow Garden spider (Argiope aurantia), which has just web-wrapped a live cricket. Soon, her fang-injected digestive juices will completely liquefy the cricket's organs, and she will drain every drop, leaving only a dry, shriveled husk.
Photographed at the Spider Pavilion, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum:
http://www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/special-exhibits/spider-pavilion
Hand-held Nikon D90 at ISO 400, Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/200-sec at f/16; Nikon SB-600 speedlight with O-Flash 3/4-circle Fresnel prism attachment.
Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Jul 4, 2012 09:20:48 #
Jul 4, 2012 20:36:55 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
quote=gym I think it's Argiope aurantia - immatur... (show quote)
Adults take on that distinctive yellow color that the immatures do not have.
Here are just a few of the sites that illustrate the color pattern of the immature forms:
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/06/16/immature-golden-orbweaver/
http://howardcheek.photoshelter.com/image/I0000KuJlCkzDTCg
http://bugguide.net/node/view/186003
Jul 5, 2012 02:22:03 #
gym wrote:
I stand corrected! An immature Black and Yellow Garden spider (Argiope aurantia) it is.Adults take on that distinctive yellow color that the immatures do not have.
Jul 7, 2012 19:51:58 #
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