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The spider species Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the black and yellow garden spider, writing spider, or corn spider. It is common to the contiguous United States, Hawaii, southern Canada, Mexico, and Central America. They have distinctive yellow and black markings on their abdomens and a mostly white cephalothorax. The etymology of its name means "gilded silver-face". Males range from 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) females from 19–28 mm (0.75–1.1 in). Like other members of Argiope they are considered harmless...

Fuentes y créditos

1. (c) Mary Keim, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5530/9289718862_0d79e757e0_o.jpg
2. (c) Ron Payne, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Ron Payne
3. (c) Todd Jackson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Todd Jackson
4. (c) 2004 California Academy of Sciences, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=140451&one=T
5. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia

Más información

• NaturaLista página del taxón
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• BugGuide
• CalPhotos
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• World Spider Catalog (WSC)

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