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Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn
cf: Yellow Garden Spider, Banded Garden Spider
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New County Record
Range: S. Florida, s. Texas, s. California, south to Argentina
Texas Counties:
Cameron, Hidalgo, and Nueces Counties (Allen Dean, pers. comm., 2007)
Similar species: There are seven Nearctic species of Argiope.
Texas taxa: Species and range per Allen Dean, (pers. comm., 2007).
Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) - South Texas
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833 - Eastern 2/3 Texas
Argiope blanda O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 - Cameron County
Argiope trifasciata (Forskål, 1775) - Wide spread
Photos: Gorgeous dorsal shot, second shot, third shot, fourth shot
Etymology: Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775)
arg, -o (G). Shining, bright
ope, -o (G). An opening ?
argent, -at, -e (L). Silver; silvery
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