Spider No. UB6 - September 26, 2007Mr. Bruno, can you tell what kind of spider appears in the posted picture above? It was quite a fascinating and industrious creature. Thanks a bunch.
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When Mr. Bruno and I last discussed spiders; he called to my attention on 03/24/2007:
Jeremy Bruno said...
Aha! I have written about spiders on the old blog:
here, here, here, here, here, here; These are all in the series on why spiders aren’t insects…
And here; The last one might not be about a spider, taxonomically speaking, but the Harvestman father is particularly devoted to its offspring. Neat little critter.
Related: "20070321 The secret life of baby spiders"
Kevin, I think what you have there is Argiope aurantia, the black and yellow argiope.
ReplyDeleteYou can find more info about them here; these people know a hell of a lot more about them than I.
Sorry it took me so long to comment. It's been a busy couple of weeks. :-)