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Banded Garden Spider

Argiope trifasciata

48,770 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) janeweeden, some rights reserved (CC BY)

27 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 127, February 131, March 207, April 404, May 777, June 364, July 274, August 248, September 879, October 213, November 133, December 119.
United States23,312
Canada4,464
Ontario3,258
Mexico3,015
Ohio2,765
California2,669
Texas1,950
Spain1,682
New York1,603
Michigan1,197

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Banded Garden Spider with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.