Argiope pulchella
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| Female, male at top right | |
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| Species: | A. pulchella
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| Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881[1]
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Argiope pulchella is a species of Orb Spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It ranges from India to China and can be found on Java. It builds a web with a zig-zag stabilimentum. This species has a pentagonal opisthosoma (abdomen).
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Female; ventral view -
Female; dorsal view with zig-zag stabilimentum -
![Male, "shuddering" on the leg of female[2]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Argiope_pulchella_male_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg/120px-Argiope_pulchella_male_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg)
Male, "shuddering" on the leg of female[2] -
"mating thread dance" -
"ready to mate" -
Argyrodes flavescens, kleptoparasite found on the web of A. pulchella
![Male, "shuddering" on the leg of female[2]](/wiki/File:Argiope_pulchella_male_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg)
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