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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.
Ventral view. Like most orb-web spiders, A. australis shows considerable sexual size dimorphism; females (~25mm) are considerably larger than males (~6mm). [1] When viewed from above, the abdomen is bright yellow with black cross-wise stripes and has an obvious knobby outline.
In North America, Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the black and yellow garden spider, zipper spider, corn spider, or writing spider, because of the similarity of the web stabilimenta to writing. The East Asian species Argiope amoena is known in Japan as kogane-gumo.
Female Banana Spiders (Nephila clavipes) are one of the largest orb-weavers in this country, rivaled in size only by female Black-and-Yellow Garden Spiders (Argiope aurantia). The male Banana ...
The spider species Araneus diadematus is commonly called the European garden spider, cross orbweaver, diadem spider, orangie, cross spider, and crowned orb weaver. It is sometimes called the pumpkin spider , [ 2 ] although this name is also used for a different species, Araneus marmoreus . [ 3 ]
Writing spider may refer to: Argiope aurantia, also known as the "black and yellow garden spider" or "corn spider" Other species of Argiope; Members of the genus Nephila, known as golden silk orb-weavers, sometimes misidentified as writing spiders
The female spider has a carapace that is flat with yellow and black horizontal lines that are present from the end of the carapace to the entirety of the backside. [3] The spider has eight legs that are doubled up and spread like an X in the web. The legs are long with claw like structures at the end.
Argiope aurantia, the black and yellow garden spider; Partula aurantia, a tree snail; Pseudoeurycea aurantia, a Mexican salamander; Golden masked owl (Tyto aurantia), a barn owl of New Britain, Papua New Guinea