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This monster is just outside my bedroom window.  It is a female Argiope aurantia, the Corn Spider or Black and Yellow Garden Spider



Getting these photos was a real bother.  It's so humid outside my camera fogged up the instant I stepped outside, so had to leave my camera on the deck for a while to acclimate.  Then I had to hurry with the pictures because of a sudden thunderstorm.

Date: 2011-08-24 01:01 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] deffox
You shot it with the wrong tool.

Date: 2011-08-24 03:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rigelkitty.livejournal.com
Can you pet it?

Date: 2011-08-24 08:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pepemapache.livejournal.com
Well, they're totally harmless to humans.

Date: 2011-08-24 07:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dv-girl.livejournal.com
Ooooh! I love those spiders. They have really strong webs and can hold even the largest cicadas and grasshoppers. They get huge. :)

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