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Huge spider with white body and black/yellow stripes

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  1. View Ludo Sak's profile
    Ludo Sak
    Lion
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    Hi A! I do wonder how big this spider is. It looks humongous to our dutch standards. Posted 12 years ago
  2. View alxmb's profile
    alxmb
    Mountain Gorilla
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    This seems to be a wasp spider.
    http://www.empirepestcontrol.co.uk/pest_info.php?pid=40
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_bruennichi     Posted 12 years ago

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The Wasp spider

"Argiope bruennichi", or the wasp spider, is a species of orb-web spider distributed throughout central Europe, Northern Europe, north Africa and parts of Asia. Like many other members of the genus "Argiope", it shows striking yellow and black markings on its abdomen.

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Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by WildFlower
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By abbacirahim

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Uploaded Nov 7, 2012. Captured Jul 14, 2012 09:04 in W158, Amizour 06300, Algeria.
country flag of Algeria Explore Algeria 28 17 0
  • FE240/X795
  • f/3.3
  • 10/600s
  • ISO50
  • 6.4mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.