Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia)

by PlantScooter Sep 20, 2010 1:16 PM

The beautiful Argiope aurantia in it's familiar 'head down' position in the center of it's web.

The Writing Spider selects a spot that is likely to draw insect traffic for it's web.

Black and Yellow Garden Spider hangin' out

Black and Yellow Argiope

This writing spider is living next to my porch. She was out in the open but moved when her web got dirty from lawn mowing.

Named her Charlotte. How original, huh? ;-)

The egg sac of the Black & Yellow Argiope

Surprise, while weeding the flower bed.

Underside of a young female Argiope aurantia early August, west KY, USA

Argiope aurantia in my Hostas, taken in central MA today. Photographer: Andrew Marold

This guy has been living in my yard here in the peidmont area of South Carolina for a few weeks.

I think this is a B&Y Argiope - found Orlando August 2006

The underside of one while it wrapped lunch.

This female was in Kentucky.

Galena MD, snacking on a butterfly wing.

late August in SW Pa. wainting for a catch

A fresh egg sack

A dead mother after laying her eggs. Now she is fly food.

Dead Mother and Egg Sack

Argiope spiderlings

Argiope with grasshopper

writing spider in my yard in Charlotte, NC

writing spider in my yard in Charlotte, NC (2)

Found outside my window in Charlotte, NC

Charlotte's Eyes....!!

Writing spider found among the red running cypress vine on my front porch.

this one moved in under the datura & stayed all summer...

Taken on Sept 30 2006. Interesting to watch.

fat & happy after a fine meal...

finally found the egg sac--what a work of art

Black and Yellow spider resting on her web on my patio.

Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia)

Close-up of head, front and back of Black-and-Yellow Argiope.

What a cute couple. Ha! Probably won't last for long. He'll say the wrong thing, and Wham! He's history. ha.

The most beautiful siper I have ever seen

Writing Spider Taken by Karma Holoboff Copyright eKreations LLC

Writing Spider - Male, found a few hours after I found the female.

Pregnant Writer, before and after!

Writer and her egg sack!

New pet found outside the dining room window

She will be rebuilding her nest in the next few hours...I keep her for Wasp reduction.

This is Oklahoma and she just laid her egg sack two days ago.

isn't she lovely

I am so glad to hear this is harmless. Totally made me gasp when I saw her. She has one brown egg sac right now and I am curious to see it produce. We intend to let her stay-she's out by the shop.

I found this one today in the garden on the side of my yard. Scared me until I looked it up here and found it's harmless.

I took this photo in my neighbor's garden. Body about 1 inch long. Do they get smaller when they molt?

Found another. This one is hanging out just outside my kitchen window. Took the pic from inside my home.

IThe first time I spotted one of these beauties in my yard was in 2005.

Black and Yellow Argiope with her egg sac

Day Before She layed eggs.

When She First Appeared

Day She layed her eggs, ( Sac on Fence )

Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia) in Lakehills Texas

I fed her a cricket right after this photo. She layed another sac of eggs

Egg sacks left by Mama...I hope they hatch out and I have lots in my Garden next year!

I saw this interesting spider while on a trip to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

Beautiful yellow garden spider

August 2008 Georgia

They are everywhere!!!

Shown here in early morning August 6, 2008.

It was really hard to get this shot. The web is so big, I didn't know where to put my feet without knocking into it. Fascinating! - Wake Forest, NC

Here is a Female Yellow and Black Garden Spider I found in my veg.garden the other day

writing spider on corner of my house

Found her in the garden yesterday (almost walked into it) eeew! She was munching away on one of her victims. She's gone today and I'd like to know where to!

ran into this lil lady while mowing the lawn. She was very camera friendly and moved around quite a bit for me to snap her photo for our bug book

Scribbler Spider in my back yard... Look at that beautiful web...

Our backyard buddy

A writing spider, or a scribbler. black and yellow on a giant web out in missouri

The underside of an orb weaver next to the air unit - Bedford, VA

here's the top side of orb weaver on air unit. It was a rainy day. - bedford VA

Lovely Writing Spider, a bit blury using cell phone, but is shows the web zig zag pattern well.

Pale yellow with stripes. Never seen anything like it before! Found it in my tiny front garden. Gave me the creeps!

Met this guy early November on the east facing slope of the Kaibab Plateau, AZ.

Cocooning another spider alive

This is the 1st of 5 we have had in my yard. Surprised by her when I was stacking wood.

the lady finishing up her egg sac under the light outside the front door (picture taken 9/2008 in Queens, NY)

Bethlehem, GA We found this amazing spider in our backyard! We had no idea what type of Spider it was until we searched it online. We actually have two of these beauties : )

This is the other side of the last pic I posted!

I have to reach right past this lovely lady to turn the water on in my yard. We have an understanding, and try not to scare each other!

Another image of 'Shelob'.

Lilly

This is Lilly...she lives on my back deck. I have not had any flies in my house since she moved in three weeks ago.

Argiope spider on our patio door - love the spectacular zigzag web!

A beautiful spider who came to our porch 9/22/09, Autumn Solstice

Writing spider outside our apartment.

June 2009 Scribbler - Harbinger, NC

she is quite beautiful, even more so than the yellow

side view

Outside our kitchen window, a black and yellow argiope takes cover in an afternoon thunderstorm.

Black and yellow garden spider with Japanese beetles in her web

Black and Yellow Garden Spider named "Old Faithful" with a snack

Two Black and Yellow Garden Spiders found in my yard.

This banded garden spider made its web just above the garden statue of St. Francis.

Strung between two thistles in a meadow awaiting the day's catch.

found chillin at a house I cleaned 2day

Daughter and I found this beautiful spider in our backyard today.

A Writing Spider in the process of setting up a web. Northeastern Oklahoma 2010.

Found this morning in Springfield, Virginia...we are watching to see if she stays safe during Hurricane Irene

My mother came across this one on her back patio in Hendersonville, TN. She sent me the pic and I panicked and found from your site that she is harmless (lol).