The Journal of Arachnology, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Autumn, 1987), pp. 371-383 (13 pages) Two species of orb-web spiders, Argiope aurantia Lucas and Argiope trifasciata (Forskal) were used to analyze how ...

Overwintering egg cases of the black and yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia Lucas (Araneae: Araneidae), were observed during the late winter and early spring of 1985, 1986, and 1987 in Washington ...

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 ...

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 ...

Awhile back, a friend called to tell me about seeing a big spider with a bright black-and-yellow pattern on its back. “I was leaning over the tomato plants and almost stuck my head in her web,” said ...

While harvesting some of my last hot peppers (it's been a great year for peppers), I found a spider suspended between some zinnias and an errant tomato. It was a gorgeous, giant spider with striking ...

"Sunday Morning" showed viewers today, just a few days before a Halloween, a spider weaving a web in which to catch its prey. The footage was by videographer Carl Mrozek. The specimen pictured is a ...

“Don’t use that door,” I told my husband as he was about to go outside. “You’ll break the spider’s web.” “What web?” he asked absentmindedly, adding that he’d already gone out and come back through ...