Argiope aurantia – Black and Yellow Argiope

Family Araneidae

Females are large and brightly colored.  Their webs have a thick vertical zig-zag through the middle called a “stabilimentum”.  Immatures have much more extensive stabilimentums.  Males are much smaller and slimmer than the females.

5/30/2010  Female

 

8/14/2005  Female

 

8/26/2009  Female

 

8/26/2012  Female

 

8/26/2012  Female