Argiope aurantia
Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia: Taxonomy | Photographs

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom: Metazoa ((=Animalia) multicellular animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods)
Class: Arachnida (spiders, harvestmen, scorpions, mites, etc.)
Order: Araneae (spiders)
Family: Araneidae (orbweavers)
Genus: Argiope (garden orbweavers)
Species: Argiope aurantia
Common Names: Yellow Garden Spider, Yellow Garden Orbweaver, Black and Yellow Argiope Spider, Yellow Argiope, Writing Spider, Golden Garden Spider, Golden Orb Weaver

Photos

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Argiope aurantia - (female) - This photo was taken looking down at the spider from above
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
October 21, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman

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Argiope aurantia - (female) - dorsal view, poised in center of web along the zigzagged stabilimentum. This is the same spider as in the three photos below.
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
September, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman

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Argiope aurantia - (female) - same spider as in above photo; ventral view
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
September, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman

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Argiope aurantia - (female) - same spider as in above photo; side view
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
September, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman

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Argiope aurantia - (female) - same spider as in above photo. After being startled, she scurried to the safety of the web's edge.
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
September, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman

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Photo added to site: (before 2002)

Argiope aurantia - (young female)
Saint Cloud, FL
June 21, 2004
Photo contributed by Pat Lamond

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Photo added to site: Jul 26 2004

Argiope aurantia - (female)
Tallahassee, FL
September 30, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman

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Photo added to site: Mar 28 2002

Argiope aurantia - (female) eating blue dragonfly
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
July, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman

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Argiope aurantia - (juvenile)
Tallahassee, FL
June 15, 2002
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman

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Argiope aurantia - This is a ventral view of the same juvenile spider as in the above photo.
Tallahassee, FL
June 15, 2002
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman

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Photo added to site: Jun 15 2002

Argiope aurantia - (male)
Tallahassee, FL
July 5, 2002
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman

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Photo added to site: Aug 7 2002

Argiope aurantiaYellow Garden Spider

Taxonomic Classification

Photos

Argiope aurantia
Yellow Garden Spider