Common Name: silver garden spider
Family: Araneidae
Scientific Name: Argiope argentata
Size: 12 – 16 mm; 3.7 – 4.7
Gender: female & male
Note the sexual dimorphism in color and size. Also note in view 4 (looking down), how little contact the spiders have with the female’s web. One of the reasons they don’t stick.
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D155 (Laguna Beach, Ca / 7 Aug. 06)