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Trachelidae Trachelas tranquilas
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- Submitted: May 27, 2023
- Photographed: May 27, 2023
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Anderson, South Carolina, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc),Freshwater river, lake, stream
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
This is crazy! I have spent so much time actively searching for spiders and I have never FOUND a Argiope aurantia garden spider!!! Well.. I mean I have never found one, photographed it and IDENTIFYING it. I HAVE NEVER seen one on my active searches, which 99.9 percent of the time are in remote areas. They just love residences and neighborhood blocks. I have seen dozens of them on days I take a walk, but they are in people yards so I don’t take a pic or try to retrieve them. FROM MY EXPERIENCE, Argiopes in South Carolina 99.99 percent… Read more »
You will! I’ve only found one, though they are common. I found it in tall grass and weeds in South Carolina between a deer stand and a golf course. I found most of my South Carolina orbweavers in places I could see or smell deer. I keep forgetting to try that here, there is a golf course and deer in my neighborhood.
Sounds like a plan!