Yellow Garden Spider

The bodys main color is a bright neon yellow with a splotch of black in the middle.

Yellow garden spider. The small cephalothorax head is tipped with silver hairs and the slightly oval abdomen is patterned with yellow sometimes orange and black. Black-and-yellow argiope black and yellow garden spider corn spider golden garden spider. It has several common names.

By Kelle Hartman Children Family Educator. The yellow garden spider Argiope aurantia is also known as a writing spider. The females of the species have much larger abdomens than the males.

The yellow garden spider is a common species that frequently captures the attention of gardeners due to their zig-zag web striking black and white or yellow pattern and relatively large size Figure 1. Males are much smaller rarely reaching much over a quarter of an inch long. The Garden Spider Egg Sac The male spider seeks out the female in the web and after mating he dies.

Today Id like to highlight just one of those spiders the Yellow Garden Spider or Argiope aurantia. Spiders are very beneficial to the Garden. Yellow garden spiders are most often black and yellow but they can also be black and white.

Its scientific name is Argiope aurantia but it has many common names including garden spider black and yellow garden spider yellow garden spider writing spider garden orb weaving spider corn spider zigzag spider and banded garden spider. When prey gets snagged in the web this spider swings back and forth to further trap it then it spins it in a cocoon to consume later. Hopefully our spider display at WPS Garden of Lights wont scare you away.

When people talk about garden spiders theyre referring to one species of spider. Adult female body length ranges from 19 to 28 mm 34 to 1 18 in while males reach only 5 to 9 mm 14 - 38 in. Although their appearance may cause alarm this species is relatively harmless and will generally flee rather than attack when disturbed Enders 1973.