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Spider Photos - Argiopes 2010

Here's some photos of Argiopes,  mainly from the United States.  In Australia, we call our variety St. Andrew's Cross but in the United States they are more commonly called a Black and Yellow Argiope.  (Argiope aurantia). We have had so many queries and photos sent in of these from people who have never seen them in their area. It's quite incredible!! They are also known as Golden Garden Spiders or just Garden Spider and their scientific name is Argiope aurantia. New page - Black and yellow argiope laying her eggs courtesy of Joe Hollner. Click here for the page and some great shots!!  I also have a couple of fantastic videos sent in by Joe. Video 1 (8,992Kb) Video 2 (16,321Kb)
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Spiders in Amber Closeups .Ant Mimicking Spiders
Argiopes/St. Andrew's Cross Barn Funnel Weaving Spider Basilica  Spiders
Black House Spiders Brown Recluse Spiders Candy Stripe Spiders
Common House Spider Crab Spiders Cyclosa Conica
Daddy Long Legs Daring Jumping Spiders Fishing Spiders
Furrow Spider Funnel Web (Aus) Garden Orb Weavers
Giant House Spider Golden Orb Weavers Grass spiders/Funnel Weavers
Ground Spiders Hacklemesh Weavers Hobo Spiders
Huntsman Spiders Jewelled Spiders Jumping Spiders
Leaf Curling Spiders Long Jawed Orb Weavers Lynx Spiders
Marbled Orb Weavers Micarathena Mouse Spiders
Mygalomorphs Net casting Spider Nursery Web Spiders
Parson Spiders Pirate Spiders Purseweb Spider
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Tarantulas Trapdoor Spiders Venusta Orchard Spiders
Wandering Spiders White Tailed Spiders Widow Spiders
Wolf Spiders Woodlouse Hunters Yellow & Broad faced Sac Spiders
Argiope Lobata/
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St Andrews Cross Black & Yellow Argiopes
Banded Argiopes Gea Hepatgon/Argiope Appensa Silver Argiopes

BLACK& YELOW ARGIOPE

The number of emails we've had from people in the United States trying to identify the Black and Yellow Argiope or St Andrew's Cross spider (as we call our Australian variety) is quite astounding!!  I've had a lot of questions about where the Argiopes are going to, as some people have noticed that theirs has disappeared. Unfortunately this lovely spider only has a short life span and once she has produced one or more (usually no more than 3) brown, papery egg sacs, she will die. The egg sacs are roughly round in shape and up to 25 mm in diameter; each contains 300 to 1400 eggs. She attaches her egg sacs to one side of her web, close to her resting position at the centre. Each female will watch over her eggs as long as she can, but will die in the first hard frost, if not before. The eggs hatch in Autumn ( fall), but spiderlings stay in the sac during winter and emerge in spring. (Milne and Milne 1980,Heiber 1992, Faulkner 1999). The St Andrew's Cross Spider doesn't have dangerous venom. Its bite causes a mild local pain. There are also other varieties of Argiopes - The Banded Argiope and Silver Argiope being two that have been sent in frequently. There are links to photos of these and other argiopes below as well.

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31 July, 2010:
What kind of spider is this, at my house Knoxville Tn Mike

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30 July, 2010:
Hi! I've attached a picture of a spider that I found near my house. We have many St Andrew Cross spiders but this one is larger and looks different. I don't want to remove him as long as he/she is not harmful. Thanks for your help! Toni

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5 July, 2010:
Hi Glen, Attached are 2 pictures of a spider that made a funny looking web on a palm tree. It was taken in Prairieville, Louisiana. My step son said that he thought it was a banana tree spider but it doesn’t look like any pictures that I have seen of one. Can you tell what it is? I know the pictures aren’t the best. Always a Bon Voyage! Toni

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28 June, 2010:
Hello, Pleae help. I have lots of these [see picture attached] in my yard (Jacksonville, Fl.) I've never seen it catch anything but they must as they all are between 3 and 5 inches across. I've never been bothered by this spiders and I notice when the wind is very still they move/pulse their web to simulate windy conditions. What is it? What is the name... should I keep them in the yard or exterminate? Ruth

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28 June, 2010:
southeast georgia outside my home. do you think the small spider is  the big one's baby?

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28 June, 2010:
Hi Glen, Thought you might like to see another closeup of an argiope. It's the standard yellow and black one. This one was probably over 3" across the legs and is one of the largest I've seen. You're welcome to post it on your website if you'd like. Thanks, John

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17 June, 2010:
Hello Glen, Love your site. It has helped in ID'ing some of the spiders I've photographed. I'm attaching - An argiope having lunch. - A black widow - Maybe a wolf spider. It was really enormous. It was larger than a sparrow. It would have been good to have positioned a ruler or something near the beast, but I wasn't going to get that close to it. - An unknown spider Cheers, George, New Jersey, USA
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17 June, 2010:
Hi, Can you help me identify this spider. It appears from what I can see to be most like a fisherman spider but I'm not sure. For reference, I'm located in the Florida panhandle, about 1200 feet from water, though have a pool. the spider was in bright sunlight on the pool enclosure. Thanks Mike
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10 June, 2010:
Please identify this spider for me. I found it at the foot of my front door porch last summer. I live in southwest Nebraska, USA. Thanks, Dave

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9 June, 2010:
Let me first tell you that I have always said that I hate spiders.... however, I cannot help taking pictures of the ones I find interesting. THIS one was super fun to look at, and I love the palm tree looking shape in the web!! So maybe, after thinking about it, I don't so much hate spiders... Thanks! ~Deb

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7 February, 2010:
What kind of spiders are these, Glen? Hope you can use these pics for your website. MC

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