Yellow & Black Garden Spiders
The yellow and black garden spider, also known as the Black and Yellow Argiope spider, is a common and harmless spider throughout the southern United States. With characteristic markings, it is a colorful addition to any garden. Does this Spark an idea?
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Habitat
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Yellow and black garden spiders typically inhabit fields, woodlands and gardens. They usually weave their webs across spaces between shrubs, bushes and low trees.
Appearance
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The body of the spider has characteristic black and bright yellow spots across the abdomen. The head is usually gray or black and the legs are black with red or yellow bands.
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Size
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The male spider measures for 1/4 to 3/8 inch in length. The female is usually much larger, measuring up to 1 1/8 inches long.
Feeding Habits
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A beneficial insect, the yellow and black garden spider feeds primarily on flying insect pests including flies, moths, wasps and mosquitoes.
Web Design
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Yellow and black garden spiders are orb weavers, producing the classic, net-like webs with radiating spokes and an overlaying spiral pattern working from the center outward. When finished making the web, the spider rests in its center.
Gender
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Female yellow and black garden spiders are much larger than males, with a broader abdomen. Male spiders often weave a long, zigzag pattern in one section of the web to identify themselves as males.
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References
- Photo Credit spider image by Dennis Carrigan from Fotolia.com
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Comments
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I just found one on my back porch! EWWW
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lmao aunt jill ! god i hope he cant spell !
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AMEN..Kill IT!
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LOOK! How the spider at Amanda's tries to spell out her name....
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this is the spider that u have at your house @[652708223:2048:Amanda Wall] , although harmless id still KILL IT! the only good spider is a dead spider and even then its not good!
