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Argiope aurantia -- The Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia

This really nice female Argiope aurantia (Commonly known as the Black and Yellow Garden Spider) has currently taken residence in our backyard garden near our tomato plants. I have seen these off and on over the years around our house, but never one this big (I estimate her to be about 3 to 3 1/2 inches from front leg to back leg when sitting on the web.

I first spotted her from our kitchen window which is on the 2nd floor of my house overlooking the garden.. she was that big that she was easily spotted, so I grabbed my camera and took some shots of her...

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File information
Album name:silverelf / Photography
Rating (1 votes): (Details)
Keywords:SilverElf, SilverElf-SE, Spider, Scary, Animal, Photograph, Wild life, Fun, Garden, Black, Yello, Garden
Programs Used::PhotoShop CS3
Product Credits::Cannon Rebel T1i Camera
File Size:208 KB
Date added:Aug 02, 2010
Dimensions:1500 x 1000 pixels
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admin-syyd 
[Aug 02, 2010 at 03:29 PM]
what a beauty and look at that WEB!~

silverelf 
[Aug 02, 2010 at 06:15 PM]
Yep, As for the web that is very typical of how these type of spiders make the webs Though i must say it is very nice to look at but I'm glad i can get good pictures of her while I'm still standing at a distance

admin-syyd 
[Aug 02, 2010 at 06:57 PM]
She's kind of frightening looking yes, but, at the same you capture this essence, like if a spider was beautiful, and colorful, their like a painting done naturally.

silverelf 
[Aug 02, 2010 at 07:00 PM]
Yep... I am very happy how this picture came out... funny enough I'm deathly afraid of spiders, yet I love taking pictures of interesting ones when I find them near the house... I have quite a few I have taken over the last few years...

jean-luc_ajrarn 
[Aug 02, 2010 at 07:11 PM]
Awesome!
Could you crop her more closely (from the original shot) and upload the closeup?

silverelf 
[Aug 02, 2010 at 07:14 PM]
Let me see what i can do

lzy724 
[Aug 03, 2010 at 10:40 PM]
creeps me out, but wow, what a great shot you got! well done!

admin-traveler 
[Aug 04, 2010 at 08:51 PM]
Stunning Spider!
I am a fan of the eight legged

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