Argiope
Garden orb-weavers
argiope.sp1
Distinct lightning marking on ventral abdomen, banding on legs (which are large and white) up to patella, and solid-coloured dorsal abdomen (which is white). Spider is smooth. Refuge is a silk stabilimentum in the web hub.
2018.JAS.E.40
Morphospecies ID: A. M. Haberkern; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit; Pictures: A. M. Haberkern
Location: Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Ecuador (400 m.a.s.l.)
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2018.JAS.E.40
argiope.sp2
Argiope savignyi (synonym Argiope submaronica). White band across ventral abdomen, triangular plates on epigynum, and smooth-edge abdomen. Typically, this species builds a stabilimentum, however we did not observe stabilimenta in these spiders.
2018.JAS.E.6, 2018.JAS.E.88, 2019.YSN.W5.19
Morphospecies ID: A. M. Haberkern; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit; Pictures: A. M. Haberkern
Locations: Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Ecuador (400 m.a.s.l.); Estación Biológica Yasuní, Ecuador (250 m.a.s.l.)
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2018.JAS.E.55
2018.JAS.E.55
argiope.sp3
Distinct two-toned abdomen. Bumpy surface. Dark legs with slight banding, definite banding on metatarsi, and stripe on ventral surface. Silken stabilimentum refuge.
2018.JAS.E.187
Morphospecies ID: J.C. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. De Roche; Pictures: J. C. Schmidt
Location: Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Ecuador (400 m.a.s.l.)
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2018.JAS.E.187
argiope.sp4
Banded legs. Mostly smooth abdomen with slight bumps. Elongated abdomen. Silken stabilimentum refuge.
2018.JAS.E.86
Morphospecies ID: A. M. Haberkern; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit
Location: Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Ecuador (400 m.a.s.l.)