Black & Yellow Argiope by Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik

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23-AUG-2005	Lloyd Spitalnik

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Argiope
Species aurantia (Black & Yellow Argiope)

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM ,Canon 1.4X TC
1/500s f/8.0 at 420.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

all images copyright Lloyd Spitalnik

Ghislaine et Réal Boulet		09-Jul-2007 12:22
Excellent capture. The perfect light is highlighting the "banana" type stipes. We commonly call it the "Banana Spider" in french.

Guest		23-May-2007 23:19
Beautiful !

Guest		09-Feb-2007 20:38
Oh, love this one. Vote.

Terry Thormin		26-Aug-2006 14:31
This is the spider that turned me on to spiders oh so many years ago when I was 14. Great photo Lloyd. Vote

carol j. phipps		17-Jun-2006 00:19
Wow! This is a gorgeous portrait of the Arglope. Vote.

Evaristo Buendia Carrera		15-Jun-2006 01:46
look like a power poison in her...beautiful

Pablo Yáñez		08-Jun-2006 04:50
Excellent image. (ps and thanks for the ID! - I've been looking for a while with no luck)

Vilone		09-Apr-2006 23:13
Beautiful capture with excellent details!

Luc VN		08-Feb-2006 15:35
Very nice and crisp Macro.