Spider in North Dakota

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Joan Belfield, ND(Zone 4a) Aug 17, 2015

Can you help ID this spider found in North Dakota? TIA

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 17, 2015

This is a male orb weaving spider in the genus Argiope - see http://www.spiders.us/species/argiope-aurantia/#more_pictures for some images. As a child, I often saw these spiders in their webs in early autumn when walking cross-country to school near Minot.

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Joan Belfield, ND(Zone 4a) Aug 17, 2015

Thank you!

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Aug 20, 2015

I was going to post a same question, by any chance this a same spider. It's so big!

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 20, 2015

Yes. This one is a female, they're always bigger than the males when mature. You also can see why these sometimes are called 'writing spiders'...

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Aug 20, 2015

I was impressed by its size. Now I learned something new about them. Thank you.

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