My partner held a photography workshop at our house a couple of weeks ago. This involved 27 people stalking our native wildflower and vegetable gardens in search of prey for their cameras. One of the ...

A: Some of the most common spiders in gardens are the Argiope spiders. They are also commonly called garden spiders. There are many species, but most have distinctive yellow and black abdomens and ...

Upon an Arc of White. The “writing spider” aka yellow garden orb-weaver (Argiope aurantia) is the beloved spider in the well-known children’s story “Charlotte’s Web.” The black and yellow arigope ...

The garden spider, scientifically known as Argiope aurantia, is easy to spot thanks to its bright yellow markings and bold black stripes. Female Argiope aurantia spiders are larger than the males, ...

Harmless black and yellow garden spiders are common in Texas landscapes and eat nothing but insects. Lately, my woods have been full of spiny orb-weavers, marbled orb-weavers and arrowhead-orb weavers ...

Robinson, Michael H. 1979. "Specialists and Generalists: the Ecology and Behavior of Some Web-Building Spiders from Papua New Guinea, I. Herennia ornatissima, Argiope ocyaloides and Arachnura melanura ...