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janetminehan Carpinteria, CA Sep 12, 2013

My son found this at SBHS. He said the white part was really more green. Any ideas?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 12, 2013

Argiope aurantia - an extremely common and widespread orb weaver that goes by a variety of common names - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Sep 12, 2013

Like in the book Charlotte's Web by EB WHite

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janetminehan Carpinteria, CA Sep 15, 2013

Many many thank yous for your responses.
JM

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Sep 16, 2013

I know, I am late, but we have em too. Ours can get as large as a mans hand seems like

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