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Anyone know what this is? I’ve seen a few lately. (I don’t think I can post more than 1 pic per entry, so I’ll post more separately.) I’m no expert, but at first I thought Argiope aurantia, yellow garden spider, but the abdomen seems too narrow for that to be true. This one didn’t have banded legs, but the next one I’ll post next had 2-3 yellow bands per leg. The webs were large, spanning up to 2.5 meters from a tree limb over and down to a pile of weeds and sticks around a fallen oak, right on the edge of a small lawn. The web appeared to have multiple layers, too. The bodies were large, easily 30 mm or more, not including the legs. When disturbed (I had to clear out the brush), the spiders climbed up the web into the trees.
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- Submitted: Sep 17, 2020
- Photographed: Sep 15, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Milton, Georgia, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: Yes
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On my other post, Vonpaulus wrote: “This looks like Nephila clavata, the Jorō Spider.” After looking it up, I believe that is correct. While this one does not have the same bright bands on its legs, the shape, size and coloration of the abdomen, as well as the characteristics of the web, make me think this one is, too. Anyone disagree?