Check out this cool spider wallpaper for your computer desktop.
 
 
Spider Wallpaper

Spider The body of this massive spider is about an inch long. It looks really scary, with its shiny silver cephalothorax and bright yellow and black abdomen. But you can feel safe having it as your PC background, because it is a Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope Aurantia). Be extra careful around real spiders, because some have nasty bites. 		Select your Screen size from this list.
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When the Large image shows, right click on the picture and then click "Set as desktop background".

If none match your screen size exactly, click the closest one.

To find out the screen size of your PC: Right-click on the desktop (the main windows screen) then click "Properties", to get the "Display Properties" window. Click the "Settings" tab. It shows your screen size where it says "Screen resolution".

 
Taxonomy (Scientific Classification) of the Yellow Garden Spider
Level Scientific Term Common Term
Domain Eukarya Organisms with Complex Cell(s)
Kingdom Animalia Multicellular Animals
Subkingdom Eumetazoa Animals with radial symmetry or bilateral symmetry
Subregnum Bilateria Bilaterally symmetrical animals
Division Protostomia Mouth develops first
Major Group Ecdysozoa Organic Cuticle Shedding
Phylum Arthropoda Arthropods (spiders, insects, mites, crustaceans, scorpions, and relatives)
Subphylum Chelicerata Horseshoe Crabs, Sea Spiders, Arachnids
Class Arachnida Arachnids (spiders, scorpions, mites, etc.)
Order Araneae Spiders
Suborder Opisthothelae No Plates On Abdomens
Infraorder Araneomorphae A.K.A. Labidognatha Forward Pointing Mouth Parts
Suborder Neocribellatae  
Suborder Entelegynae  
Family Araneidae Orbweaver
Genus Argiope Garden Orbweaver
Species Argiope Aurantia Black and Yellow Garden Spider
 
Here are some related spider links:
Black and Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope Aurantia) species info in the Stratford Landing Elementary School website.
Spider pictures by family in the Ohio State University website.
Don't click here if you are squeamish, this link has the nastiest spider bite wounds. It is scary enough to give you Arachnophobia.
If you looked at those spider bites, you should check out this link about Arachnophobia (Fear Of Spiders) to see if you have it.
 

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