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Argiope Aurantia
A mature female Black & Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope Aurantia). These spiders are common in gardens, farms, forest edges & orchards. The female measures from 3/4 " to 1 1/8 ". Their web is round with a bold, zigzag band of silk. The complicated web can be 2+ feet in diameter. Potential males court by plucking & vibrating the female web.This runs contrary to the myth that females are always the ones "harping" The female lays up to 3 brown egg sacks each containing 300-1400 eggs.
Photo credit: Gary Cauthers
Your nature image of the week, compliments of the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust.
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Creatures? Waterways? The Bay in her many moods?
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