Argiope bruenichi

[idolomantis]

Wasp spider -Argiope bruenichi

 

[Katnapper]

Pretty!! And pretty creepy.... lol.

 

[MANTIS DUDE]

What an awsomeful pic!

 

[ABbuggin]

Cool. Looks a lot like a similar species over here (Black and Yellow Agropie)

 

[PhilinYuma]

Cool. Looks a lot like a similar species over here (Black and Yellow Agropie)

Do you play Ragnorok Online?

 

[ABbuggin]

Do you play Ragnorok Online?

Whats that?

 

[PhilinYuma]

Whats that?

It's a MMORPG like WoW, and according to my kids, Agropie lets you take some spell hits without sustaining damage points. I was making a cheap shot about your writing "agropie" instead of

Argiope (also a Naiad whose name means "clear voice")

Treat it with the contempt it deserves, mate!

I guess that I should also mention that her name is conflated with that of Orpheus's wife Euridice, subject of the famous aria from Glucks opera, "Che faro Euridice?"

 

[Morpheus uk]

Thats not an Agriope

THATS an Agriope

 

[PhilinYuma]

Thats not an Agriope

THATS an Agriope

"My dog's bigger than your dog..."

 

[idolomantis]

Thats not an Agriope

THATS an Agriope

Show off....

 

[Morpheus uk]

"My dog's bigger than your dog..."

And it has spines