Spider with Dinner Prepared by Kaye Menner
by Kaye Menner
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Spider with Dinner Prepared by Kaye Menner
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Kaye Menner
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Photograph - Photography
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Macro photograph of a yellow garden spider, argiope aurantia early evening in my garden. This is the colorful underbelly of the spider where he is storing his captured prey or evening dinner.
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Order: Araneae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Argiope
[Wikipedia]
The spider species Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, corn spider, or McKinley spider. It is common to the contiguous United States, Hawaii, southern Canada, Mexico, and Central America. It has distinctive yellow and black markings on the abdomen and a mostly white cephalothorax. Its scientific Latin name translates to "gilded silver-face" (the genus name Argiope meaning "silver-face", while the specific epithet aurantia means "gilded"). Males range from 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in); females range from 19–28 mm (0.75–1.10 in). These spiders may bite if disturbed or harassed, but the venom is seemingly harmless to humans.
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June 10th, 2018
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Kaye Menner
Thanks Maria for your comment. Yes, it looks like he got out the needle and thread to make these repairs!
Kaye Menner
Thanks for commenting on my spider, Maria :) I thought the same thing.... top middle, looks like she's stitched it up!