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- Submitted: Sep 23, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 23, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Overland Park, Kansas, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Argiope aurantia!
My favorite kind of spider. They’re also known as a “writing spider” and “zig-zag” spider because of their web. If they feel threatened, they’ll bounce on their web, but they’re harmless (and very timid) unless you’re a grasshopper or cricket 🙂
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia
This is a yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia)