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Identification

Araneidae

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Caption

This is common spider in grassy places, the Yellow Garden Spider, Argiope aurantia. This is how they rest in their web, hanging front end down in the middle of the web. (family Araneidae, the orb-weavers)

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Contributors

David Keith (photographer; copyright holder), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Entomology

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