This article is about the North American species of garden spider. For the European species, see Araneus diadematus. For the Italian short documentary, see The Garden Spider.
Yellow garden spider
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
Family:
Araneidae
Genus:
Argiope
Species:
A. aurantia
Binomial name
Argiope aurantia
Lucas, 1833[1]
Synonyms[1]
Nephila vestita C.L. Koch, 1838
Epeira aurantia Lucas, 1840
Epeira cophinaria Walckenaer, 1841
Epeira ambitoria Walckenaer, 1841
Epeira riparia Hentz, 1847
Epeira sutrix Hentz, 1847
Argiope riparia McCook, 1882
Argiope personata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
Argiope cophinaria McCook, 1894
Argiope godmani O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
Miranda cophinaria F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903
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. It is common to the contiguous United States, Hawaii, southern Canada, Mexico, and Central America. It has distinctive yellow and black markings on the abdomen and a mostly white cephalothorax. Its scientific Latin name translates to "gilded silver-face" (the genus name Argiope meaning "silver-face", while the specific epithet aurantia means "gilded"). The body length of males range from 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in); females range from 19–28 mm (0.75–1.10 in). These spiders may bite if disturbed or harassed, but the venom is harmless to non-allergic humans, roughly equivalent to a bumblebee sting in intensity.[7]
^ abCite error: The named reference WSC_s3313 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Pictures of yellow garden spider A. aurantia (free for noncommercial use)
^Weber, Larry (2003). Spiders of the North Woods. Duluth, MN: Kollath-Stensons. pp. 76–77.
^Eaton, E. R. & K. Kaufman (2007). Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin. p. 22.
^Rotary International (July 1951). The Rotarian. Rotary International. pp. 41–. ISSN 0035-838X.
^Hammond, George. "Argiope aurantia at the University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web". Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
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