It's definitely Argiope. Tom Parker
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 7, 2016, at 10:58 AM, Louis Sorkin <sor...@amnh.org> wrote: > > 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> > > >
