A golden orb weaver is normally thought of as Nephila clavipes, but the spider picture (a ventral view) that Ann posted looks more like a species of Argiope, probably A. trifasciata. It is known as the banded Argiope. There would be a brush on the distal tibiae of legs I, II, IV in Nephila clavipes and these are absent in the pictures supplied. There are also remnants of a stabilimentum in the picture and that is found in Argiope orb webs.
Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. | Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Entomophagy Research Division of Invertebrate Zoology | American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street | New York, New York 10024-5192 sor...@amnh.org 212-769-5613 voice | 212-769-5277 fax The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org n...@amnh.org ________________________________________ From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] on behalf of Thomas Parker [bugma...@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2016 9:27 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Another spider It's called the Golden Orb Weaver spider. Beautiful! Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 6, 2016, at 9:07 PM, Ann Shaftel <annshaf...@me.com> wrote: > > > > <IMG_3873.JPG> >