[NatureNS] Argiope spp. Spider Question

Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:50:37 -0300
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From: Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca>
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<font size=3>I am not an expert on spiders but in my experience, the
populations of both Argiopes are cyclic. Two years ago most every field
one would visit would have at least A. aurantia, the commoner of the two
species here. This summer I did not find any. Because of their size &amp;
bright colours, they are difficult to miss!!<br>
Angus<br><br>
At 12:53 PM 10/4/2011, Jim Wolford wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi, Tom.&nbsp; Both Argiope
aurantia (black and yellow) and Argiope trifasciata (banded argiope) are
fairly common here in The Valley, and I would say especially in areas of
blackberries and raspberries, and in other similar cover in shrubby
meadows.&nbsp; Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><br>
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</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica" size=3><b>From:
</b>Tom &amp; Terri
&lt;terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca&gt;<br>
<b>Date: </b>October 3, 2011 9:56:44 PM ADT<br>
<b>To:
</b>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>
<b>Subject: [NatureNS] Spider Question<br>
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</b>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>
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<font size=2>Hi gang<br>
</font><font size=3>&nbsp;<br>
</font><font size=2>Being from a coastal area I've never seen a
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3><i>Argiope aurantia</i>
( black and yellow garden spider) before. My Daughter from Lr Sackville
has one in her yard and is very excited. She totaly loves almost anytinng
the crawls or slides along and eagerly investagates and studies them. She
too has never encountered one of this species before. I see that we're at
the northern reaches of it's range, but how common are they arround
here?<br>
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<font size=2>Tom K.<br>
Canso<br>
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