Genus Argiope includes large garden spiders that sit in the center of their webs and often have a stabilimentum in their web.
There are three argiopes in our area. This immature was found on cacuts and in the vacinity of mature A. argentata. Can't be 100% sure if this one is too but I'd say 99%.
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. E-520, f/16 @ 300 mm, 1/180, ISO 400, Flash
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Keywords:places/CA/Orange County/Newport Back Bay, Spiders - Areneae/Orb-weavers - Araneidae/Silver argiope - Argiope argentata
