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Randy L Emmitt

Yellow and Black Agriope, Argiope aurantia

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Argiope aurantia, Black and Yellow Argiope \nTaken in Orange County, NC on September 20, 2006. Argiope aurantia, Black and Yellow Argiope (female)\nAdult with normal narrow stabilimentum in her web.\nPhoto taken in Orange Co., NC on September 23, 2006. Yellow and Black Agriope, Argiope aurantia \nPhoto taken in Marion Co., FL on September 30,2006. Argiope aurantia, Black and Yellow Argiope (immature female) with exceptionally wide stabilimentum in her web.\nPhoto taken in the Sandhills Gamelands in Scotland County, NC on June 16, 2007.

This is your common garden spider, one that just about everyone with eyes sees at one point or another. Yes they are totally harmless so don't worry about being bitten.
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