identify this spider please!

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ive tried searching a little bit but i know nothing about spiders so i didnt get very far. any ideas? also the pics are of the underside of the spider. it was on the back side of the web when i took the pic and i guess he didnt like something i did because he started bouncing the web.
 

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As noted above, it is a female of genus Argiope. It's species is A. aurantia (aka: black and yellow garden spider). It's a member of the "Orb Weaver" family.

Here is the wikipedia article if you are interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia

They will hang around all summer and the females rarely leave their web. If you want to see speed and precision in action, feed it a grasshopper or cricket.
 

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thanks for the link! im guessing that she has moved her web as its gone and i dont see her anywhere around.

i also found a small hairy brown spider adjacent to where she was. didnt have any markings on it just solid brown and a LOT smaller than her too. Do they get territorial with other species?
 

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Spiders and Snakes are the one thing that really freak me out - just something bout those little critter crawling all over me UGH.

Glad to see its harmless but still don't think I could let it crawl over me - it would be a dead spider
 

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