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Argiope trifasciata
Writing Spider With Stabilimenta
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Photographer: Bruce Marlin
ID: 0000 0000 0107 2121 (2007-01-22)Copyright © 2007 Cirrus Digital Imaging
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date of photo Sep 9, 2002
location
Winfield (DuPage County, Illinois, US)family
Araneidae
order
Araneae
class Arachnida
notes This is a female specimen. The heavy zig-zag portion of the web is known as stabilimenta. Its function is unknown, but it is thought to resemble writing, hence the common name. Only diurnal spiders use stabilimenta. More at: http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_argiope_trifasciata.htmphoto category: Animal - Invertebrate-Spider
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Writing Spider With Stabilimenta (photographer)
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