Yellow Garden Spider

For most people yellow garden spider bites are comparable to bee stings or mosquito bites.

Yellow garden spider. Female and male argiope aurantia source. It has several common names. The yellow garden spider in particular is a highly useful little buddy to keep around since they re veritable arachnoid ninjas. Female yellow garden spiders.

Most spiders have two claws on each foot but orb weavers have an additional claw to help them spin their complex webs. Also the word aurantia comes from aurantium that stands for the fruit orange. Yellow garden spiders are large orb weaving arachnids meaning they spin a circular web. A female yellow garden spider can prey on insects 200 of her size.

Black and yellow argiope black and yellow garden spider corn spider golden garden spider. Argiope aurantia is a showy spider usually noticed in late summer. Golden orb weaver writing spider yellow garden argiope yellow garden orb weaver and zipper spider. It is common to the contiguous united states hawaii southern canada mexico and central america.

The black and yellow garden spider aurantia argiope is a common resident of gardens and parks in north america. Black and yellow garden spider sitting up side down on web the awesome web is attached to the ground at some point and this is the evacuation route to safety when they are startled or scared. The species was first described by hippolyte lucas in 1833. The black and yellow garden spider is sometimes called the writing spider due to the elaborate web decorations it weaves with silk.

In females the top side of the abdomen is black with symmetrical patches of bright yellow. The scientific name of the species argiope aurantia means gilded silver face in latin. They will actually sometimes just drop immediately to the ground to take cover. The damage is negligible a little itchiness a little redness and slight swelling.

Even though they may look frightening black and yellow garden spiders are actually a harmless and sometimes even beneficial addition to your yard. They ll attack and eat virtually anything that moves such as wasps mosquitoes butterflies aphids other spiders gnats and so many more. The spider species argiope aurantia is commonly known as the yellow garden spider black and yellow garden spider golden garden spider writing spider zigzag spider hay spider corn spider or mckinley spider.