Is this an argiope?

[MizM]

My pet shop owner gave this to me. It was found here in So. Cal. Anybody know what it is? (Besides awesome looking!)

 

[WayneT]

My pet shop owner gave this to me. It was found here in So. Cal. Anybody know what it is? (Besides awesome looking!)

Yes it is and I WANT IT! Seriously Ter, it is.

 

[MizM]

Yes it is and I WANT IT! Seriously Ter, it is.

Well, since I dont want to get a room, then YOU CAN HAVE IT!!! Let me hydrate and feed her and I'll get her in the mail.

 

[Jason la Jason]

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?p=305049#post305049

i had one just like that! but your pix is so much better!

 

[fusion121]

Argiope aurantia apparently, there are lots here in Nova scotia, beautiful spider:

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=31646

 

[Elizabeth]

Wayne, don't you have any of those in OK? The males are a lot harder to spot, so she'll just be with you to the end if you don't get a male somewhere, somehow. And yes, these are great spiders! I take extra care of them in my garden, try not to destroy webs when watering, etc. The kindergarten kids loved the ones I brought in last year. Spider-love early!

 

[Malhavoc's]

I used to catch those all the time in ontario canada.. haven't seen a single one down here though...damn so cal..plenny of new bueaties but nothing of the old..

 

[Overmenneske]

Beautiful!
The markings on the abdomen look like alien heads on top of each other.

Just wanted to point that out.

 

[Malhavoc's]

Their webs are comparable in strengh to that of a black widow.. but so much nicer

 

[MizM]

Those ARE alien heads residing on her.... this is California!!

Draken, I went to the pet store and Rob just handed her to me. He said a customer had caught it here in Moreno Valley and brought it to him. He also said he's cut me a KILLER deal on a blue fronted Amazon parrot, one he wouldn't do for ANYONE!!

Great job Elizabeth, get 'em while they're YOUNG!!!

 

[cichlidsman]

Beautiful!
The markings on the abdomen look like alien heads on top of each other.

Just wanted to point that out.

cool i did'nt notice that the last time i looked at the pic.

 

[Malhavoc's]

Lucky girl let it go in the corner of your house and throw crickets into the web it makes. Their awesome spiders...

 

[MizM]

Lucky girl let it go in the corner of your house and throw crickets into the web it makes. Their awesome spiders...

He's going to Oklahoma!

 

[WayneT]

He's going to Oklahoma!

Ter, have I told you lately that you're the best?

 

[Elizabeth]

It's a "she", I tell you! Rmph!

Here's a link to Mr. Argiope, with lots of pics sent in from Argiope lovers. Not all the Argiope shown are Argiope aurantia, but, about 8 pics down (not counting red x pics), and then pics 10 and 11 down, you will see the female and the male. The male is quite a bit smaller, significantly different. Wayne, maybe by this late in the year, you will get a female that's been with a male already anyway. (And there's a pic in there, too, of a female with an eggsac.)

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~plank/plank/pics/spider.html

 

[Jakob]

I would set her free where she was found so she can mate instead of having her live inside a home and eventually die of old age.

Nice specimen you have there.

Later,

Jake

 

[pandinus]

after a summer of looking, me and my girlfriend caught one, and the next day she caught one all by herself! I love this spider so much, and now it has sentimental value for me. she also caught one that looks identical in shape, but slightly different colors, maybe it is a male, or imature.

BTW, has anyone seen Stormcrow around?

 

[MizM]

Ter, have I told you lately that you're the best?

NO, you NEVER have!!!

Thank you Elizabeth, for that great thread. I know it's a she, I can tell by her feminine palps! But, oh so mean looking.... and only MEN are that mean!!! JOKING GUYS!!! JUST JOKING!!!

 

[WayneT]

Wayne, don't you have any of those in OK? The males are a lot harder to spot, so she'll just be with you to the end if you don't get a male somewhere, somehow. And yes, these are great spiders! I take extra care of them in my garden, try not to destroy webs when watering, etc. The kindergarten kids loved the ones I brought in last year. Spider-love early!

Terri, I hope you don't mind me answering this here, but yes I do have them here Elizabeth. In fact, the one I have now in an arboreal type setup is a male. You guys see where I'm going with this, right? I've talked to several people who've kept them as pets for over 5 years, which is much better than their average lifespan in the wild, as here in Oklahoma, they die after the first frost.

Oh and by the way Terri...you are the best!

 

[MizM]

Terri, I hope you don't mind me answering this here, but yes I do have them here Elizabeth. In fact, the one I have now in an arboreal type setup is a male. You guys see where I'm going with this, right? I've talked to several people who've kept them as pets for over 5 years, which is much better than their average lifespan in the wild, as here in Oklahoma, they die after the first frost.

Oh and by the way Terri...you are the best!

Shut UP!!!!! I'm falling!

Of COURSE I don't mind you answering.... cuz I sure couldn't have!! I know NOTHING about these beauties. I see where you're going with it though, do we have some arachnidial fliritng going on here? :} Ooooo, on that site, the egg sac was almost black!