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06-AUG-2010 Christine Hanrahan

Banded argiope (Argiope trifasciata), female

The underside of a Banded argiope, one of the large orbweavers we see in late summer around Ontario. There can often be dozens of these gals in an open meadow area.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/1000s f/4.0 at 5.0mm iso100 full exif

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urs06-Feb-2011 21:23
Very colorful spider you captured, Christine. As you know, I know barely anything about nature, (unfortunately). You mentioned that it is a female spider. Do the male spiders of this specy have a different color ? Very nice picture. V
Stephanie05-Feb-2011 09:39
Awesome work Christine!!! BV :)
Cindi Smith05-Feb-2011 03:21
That's one colorful spider! Wow, love all the details!
Carl Carbone05-Feb-2011 02:05
Excellent macro! We've seen these in our field a few times only. I guess we need to look harder! V
slhoornstra05-Feb-2011 00:31
It must take tremendous co-ordinaion to walk with all of those joints :), beautiful macro. V
Hank Vander Velde05-Feb-2011 00:23
Terrific macro image Christine.
Ann Shapiro05-Feb-2011 00:12
WOW what a great macro of this spider! Even though I don't care for spiders, but this is a fabulous shot - great DOF. (This female needs to put a blade in her razor...ha ha ha!) MBV
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