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.
Click to View female   Click to View Male

D155 (Laguna Beach, Ca / 7 Aug. 06)