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Silver Argiope

Posted by August 29th, 2005 at 12:00 am

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Who is this guy??
We saw this spider on a hike in San Diego County (near El Cajon) a couple of weeks ago. He was beautiful! Thanks for any leads,
Kristin

Hi Kristen,
She is a Silver Argiope, Argiope argentata. This southern species is usually found head down in its orb web.

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