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lejun | all galleries >> Awesome Arachnids >> Simply Spiders >> Orb Weavers (Family Araneidae) >> Genus: Argiope (A. aurantia and A. trifasciata) > Immature, dorsal
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23-JUN-2009 Lejun

Immature, dorsal

Copyright © Lewis Scharpf

Argiope aurantia
This is an immature Argiope aurantia. The zig-zag web, called a stabilimentum is quite
conspicuous to the human eye but the spider's body is camouflaged against the silk web.
Auburn, AL

Nikon D200 ,AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8G ED
1/60s f/29.0 at 105.0mm iso250 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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