Thursday, August 6, 2009

Garden Spider



I have noticed this spider "hanging" around my tomatoes lately. I hadn't seen one like this before and didn't know if it was poisonous or not. Today I finally got around to researching the spider and found that she is a Black and Yellow Garden Spider, also known as Argiope aurantia. She's not dangerous to humans (a bite sounds about as bad as a wasp sting), and she's very beneficial to gardens.

Hopefully, I can can get a photo of the dragonfly that has made a home in my garden as well.

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