Silver argiope, Argiope argentata

Female. Woods End Wilderness Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 9-27-08. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service	Silver argiope Argiope argentata Araneae: Araneidae This spectacular orb-weaving spider is common in Southern California in the Fall, especially on prickly-pear plants. The male is much smaller than the female. The spider includes zig-zag structures called stabilimenta in the orb web, probably in order to make it more visible to birds who might otherwise fly into it accidentally and destroy it. Their webs are sometimes occupied by commensal dew-drop spiders. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) Original available from Biological Photo Service. Back to Spider index page Back to Arthropods of Orange County, California
Female Underside. Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 07/02/05	Female. Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 07/02/05
Female with unusual color pattern. Irvine Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 11/11/06	Female with unusual color pattern. Irvine Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 11/11/06
Female. Peters Canyon, Orange, Orange County, CA. 7-13-09. Copyright Ron Hemberger	Female. Peters Canyon, Orange, Orange County, CA. 7-13-09. Copyright Ron Hemberger
Female	Female and male. Stabilimenta on web.
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 9-9-09. Copyright Ron Hemberger	Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 9-9-09. Copyright Ron Hemberger
Male. Donna O'Neil Land Conservancy, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California, USA September 10, 2006. Copyright Ron Hemberger	Egg sac
Little Sycamore Canyon, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6/30/07	Male and female. Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 8-25-09. Copyright Ron Hemberger
Male with female. Aliso Canyon, Orange County, CA. 07/29/09. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) Original available from Biological Photo Service.	Male with female. Aliso Canyon, Orange County, CA. 07/29/09. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) Original available from Biological Photo Service.