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Old 01-10-2007, 01:19 PM posted to triangle.gardens
Daniel B. Martin Daniel B. Martin is offline
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Default What's this spider?

Peter F wrote:
I have two in the backyard. Good one? Bad one? It's a terrifying
thing, I'll tell you that much:

http://picasaweb.google.com/peterfilardo/Spider


A good one. It is a familiar spider, the Yellow Argiope.
They are often seen in gardens,
including mine. In addition to the distinctive appearance,
her characteristics include the
head-down posture and a vertical zigzag section in the web.

Daniel B. Martin