What's this spider?
- BurnsideBob
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What's this spider?
This spider is in my garden on my basil. That object below the spider is a honeybee it caught--leg tip to leg tip this spider is 3" across. Anyone know anything about them?
I keep making protein shakes but they always turn out like margaritas.
Re: What's this spider?
What a cool looking spider... curiosity got me so I did some digging and Google tells me its a Corn Spider.
The zig zag pattern in the web in your photo helps confirm that in the Wikipedia entry for Corn Spiders...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia
The zig zag pattern in the web in your photo helps confirm that in the Wikipedia entry for Corn Spiders...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia
lightweight, cheap, strong... pick 2
Re: What's this spider?
Pretty lame name for such a cool spider.
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Re: What's this spider?
thats what I thought when I read about it. Its near identical European cousin got the name "wasp spider", much coolermiah66 wrote:Pretty lame name for such a cool spider.
lightweight, cheap, strong... pick 2
- BurnsideBob
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Re: What's this spider?
Koda, thanks for ID'ing my friend. If she grows much bigger I'll post a follow up photo!
I keep making protein shakes but they always turn out like margaritas.
Re: What's this spider?
I dunno, I like corn a lot more than I like wasps. Ice cream spider would also be a cool name. "Wasp Spider" sounds like a Sci-Fi Original.Koda wrote:thats what I thought when I read about it. Its near identical European cousin got the name "wasp spider", much coolermiah66 wrote:Pretty lame name for such a cool spider.
Re: What's this spider?
They're more commonly known as garden spiders (Argiope aurantia). There's one under my front porch step that has a 1" body and is at least 3" across.