Arachnids
Arachnida
Identifications
orbweavers
Araneidae
Caption
This is common spider in grassy places, the Yellow Garden Spider, Argiope aurantia. This one has a wrapped up grasshopper in its web. (family Araneidae, the orb-weavers)
Contributors
Jim Kalisch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Entomology
(photographer; copyright holder)
More details: 
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/spiders2.htm
(photographer; copyright holder)
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