I found a large, yellow and black spider in my garden. It had a perfect web strung between my carpenteria and salvia shrubs. I learned that it is the female of the species Argiope aurantia. These s… ...

Female spiders are 1 1/2 inches larger than the males which are 3/4 of an inch long. This spider has a large abdomen that is egg shaped with yellow and black coloring. The front body section is ...

First discovered: The first scientific description of the yellow garden spider was written in 1833 by the naturalist Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas. Born in England, Lucas moved to Australia where ...

Garden spider Published: Aug. 06, 2009, 2:27 p.m. By The Oregonian/OregonLive The Oregonian ...

Known for their colorful, intricately patterned abdomens, garden spiders are the common name for the genus Argiope, which means “with a bright face” in Latin. There are dozens of species ...

Yellow Garden Spiders Are Venomous, But They Aren't Pulling Any Webs At You Like most of their ilk, yellow garden spiders come armed with venom, potent enough to paralyze and liquefy insects ...

A mum-of-two was surprised to find a tarantula spider the "size of my hand" in her front garden. Sarah Rodmell, 30, believes that the large spider is an "aggressive" orange baboon tarantula which ...