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Silver Garden Orbweaver

Argiope argentata

53,160 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 453, February 392, March 408, April 506, May 492, June 362, July 566, August 815, September 1,241, October 808, November 526, December 405.
California7,952
United States7,090
Brazil6,598
Argentina2,677
Ecuador2,346
Mexico2,127
Colombia1,936
Sao Paulo1,453
Pichincha1,337
Texas1,102

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyOrbweavers · Araneidae
GenusGarden Orbweavers · Argiope

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