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Silver Garden Spider (Argiope
argentata) 102108
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photo on the right was taken by Lutz
S., in Brownsville, TX on 102108. Lutz at first glance thought
this a yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia), as the
two are very similar in appearance. Even the specific names of these two
spiders are nearly identical. But, no, though similar--in form, color,
and name--they are quite different in many way, especially when examined
closely, as comparison images on the next page demonstrate. The silver garden spider receives its common name
from the fact that a considerable portion of its dorsal body is clothed
in a bright, silvery pubescence. The yellow garden spider sports a
similar pubescence, but only on a portion of its carapace,and not--as
with this species--on a considerable portion of its abdomen as well. A
third species, the banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata),
is included in the comparison on the next page for good measure. That
species may actually have more silvery pubescence, overall, than either
of the other two. But its silvery coat is broken, on its abdomen, by a
prominent series of dark bands, while the silver garden spider has much of its dorsal abdomen gloriously covered with
silver, unbroken by any but a few punctuation marks.
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