Female. Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 10/08/05

Banded argiope

Argiope trifasciata

Araneae: Araneidae


Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu)
Original available from Biological Photo Service.
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Female (underside). Peter's Canyon Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 10/15/05

Male. Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 10/08/05

Female with wrapped prey. Peter's Canyon Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 10/15/05

Female with wrapped prey. Peter's Canyon Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 10/15/05

Female feeding on cricket. Wrapping prey with silk

Egg sac

Egg sac opened

Newly hatched spiderlings

Spiderlings on web

Female (in same web as male on the right). Donna O'Neil Land Conservancy, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California, USA September 10, 2006. Copyright Ron Hemberger

Male (in same web as female on the left). Donna O'Neil Land Conservancy, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California, USA September 10, 2006. Copyright Ron Hemberger