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Argiope bruennichi is commonly known as the wasp spider. In Australia, Argiope keyserlingi and Argiope aetherea are known as St Andrew's cross spiders, for their habit of resting in the web with paired legs outstretched in the shape of an X and mirroring the large white web decoration (the cross of St. Andrew [2] having the same form
Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, [2] [3] black and yellow garden spider, [4] golden garden spider, [5] writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider. [6] The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833.
Argiope trifasciata (the banded garden spider or banded orb weaving spider) [2] is a species of spider native to North and South America, but now found around the world. [3] It can be found in certain areas of Europe, namely the Iberian Peninsula , the Canary Islands , and Madeira .
Euripides and Plato both refer to the story of his descent to recover his wife, but do not mention her name; a contemporary relief (about 400 BC) shows Orpheus and his wife with Hermes. The elegiac poet Hermesianax called her Agriope ; and the first mention of her name in literature is in the Lament for Bion (1st century BC).
Argiope, naiad of the town of Eleusis, mother of Cercyon by Branchus. [12] Possibly same as the above Argiope thus, a daughter of the river-god Cephissus. Argiope, daughter of Teuthras, king of Teuthrania, a region near Mysia in Asia Minor. She married Telephus, son of Heracles. [13] Not to be confused with Agriope (Ἀγριόπην, Agriópen)
There has been considerable confusion both within the Argiope genus and the australis species. The Argiope were some of the first tropical spiders to be described, as far back as the early 1700s, probably a result of their relatively large size and colorful appearance. Because of this long history and the fact that early descriptions focused on ...
Argiope ("silver face") may refer to: Argiope (mythology), several figures from Greek mythology; Argiope, a genus of spiders which includes the St Andrew's Cross ...
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations.