Outside the entrance to the Extension Office is one of the largest Argiope spiders I have seen for some time. She has made a tremendous web that shimmers in the light when the sun hits it.

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 ...

Inbreeding isn’t worth dying for, even in a spider species where males routinely pay for sex with their lives. Sex is never safe for males of the species Argiope bruennichi, one of Europe’s ...

The true name of the garden spider is argiope; "garden spider" is a collective term for spiders in the genus Argiope. Several species of argiopes live in North America. The two most common to ...

They come in a variety of oranges and grays. Hawaiian garden spider. Like the golden silk orb weaver, females and males of the Argiope appensa look very different. Females can grow up to nearly ...

This genus of spider (Argiope) rests with it front and hind legs in pairs, Zepp said. Matt Bertone, director of NC State Extension's Plant Disease and Insect Clinic Check out the spider’s web If ...

"Forty times, yes," she assures me. One that seemed to be everywhere was a great big yellow and black critter called Argiope appena, or the banana spider. "And actually," she says, "what we found ...

A: Some of the most common spiders in gardens are the Argiope spiders. They are also commonly called garden spiders. There are many species, but most have distinctive yellow and black abdomens and ...

The garden spiders, both of which belong to the Argiope genus, showed "distinct periods of fluctuations during the restraint" and were even found to struggle against the restraints, researchers said.