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Zipper Spider - Argiope aurantia Total length (with legs): 40-45 mm. <br /> <br /> I watched this beautiful, black and yellow spider wrap up a snack in her web this morning. The web had a stabilimentum (reinforced area), which looks like a vertical zigzag band near the middle of the web.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Suspended between plants on the edge of a pond in a mixed forest.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/66397/zipper_spider_-_argiope_aurantia.html" title="Zipper Spider - Argiope aurantia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/66397_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=kFsE2knDsRKriA3h6G1H4jNBEtk%3D" width="120" height="152" alt="Zipper Spider - Argiope aurantia Total length (with legs): 40-45 mm. <br /> <br /> I watched this beautiful, black and yellow spider wrap up a snack in her web this morning. The web had a stabilimentum (reinforced area), which looks like a vertical zigzag band near the middle of the web.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Suspended between plants on the edge of a pond in a mixed forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/66396/zipper_spider_-_argiope_aurantia.html<br /> <br /> https://vimeo.com/290062495 Argiope aurantia,Geotagged,Summer,United States,Yellow Garden Spider,spider,stabilimentum,zipper spider" /></a></figure><br /> <section class="video"><iframe width="448" height="252" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/290062495?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0"></iframe></section> Argiope aurantia,Geotagged,Summer,United States,Yellow Garden Spider,zipper spider Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Zipper Spider - Argiope aurantia

Total length (with legs): 40-45 mm.

I watched this beautiful, black and yellow spider wrap up a snack in her web this morning. The web had a stabilimentum (reinforced area), which looks like a vertical zigzag band near the middle of the web.

Habitat: Suspended between plants on the edge of a pond in a mixed forest.

Zipper Spider - Argiope aurantia Total length (with legs): 40-45 mm. <br /> <br /> I watched this beautiful, black and yellow spider wrap up a snack in her web this morning. The web had a stabilimentum (reinforced area), which looks like a vertical zigzag band near the middle of the web.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Suspended between plants on the edge of a pond in a mixed forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/66396/zipper_spider_-_argiope_aurantia.html<br /> <br /> https://vimeo.com/290062495 Argiope aurantia,Geotagged,Summer,United States,Yellow Garden Spider,spider,stabilimentum,zipper spider

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Wonderful post, it really has it all: stunning photo, great description, interesting video. Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Thanks Ferdy! Posted 6 years ago

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The Yellow Garden Spider

The spider species "Argiope aurantia" is is common to the contiguous United States, Hawaii, southern Canada, Mexico, and Central America. They have distinctive yellow and black markings on their abdomens and a mostly white cephalothorax.

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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Sep 15, 2018. Captured Sep 15, 2018 10:44 in Wdbury, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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