Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833

yellow garden spider

• Sep 8, 2007

  
  David Woodby
  35.5984, -82.5531
  1    
  Added: Sep 8, 2007 at 2:11:04 PM MST

  I went out onto the front poarch & seen this beautiful creature,sorry for the bad pics was taken with a cell phone i was so excited to find this site to report this.

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• Sep 2, 2007

  
  Ron Teer
  32.9227, -97.182
  1    
  Added: Sep 2, 2007 at 2:47:39 PM MST

  One large female build nest right where my wife wanted to put food for picnic.

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• Aug 27, 2007

  
  David Bree
  43.9088, -77.2737
  1    
  Added: Aug 27, 2007 at 7:52:16 PM MST

  One web with female seen in Dunes Beach Parking lot.  This female very skittish and ran off centre of web under a leaf in the corner while I was still 2 metres away.

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• Aug 24, 2007

  
  David Bree
  43.9948, -77.7214
  6    
  Added: Aug 27, 2007 at 7:49:06 PM MST

  At least six webs with females seen over the 100 meter trail between Owen Pt Parking lot and Beach 3 parking lot.

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• Aug 18, 2007

  
  Jean Leclerc
  46.1576, -72.4709
  4    40    
  Added: Aug 22, 2007 at 8:07:08 AM MST

  Observed a large concentration of individuals more than 40 females on their webs alongside a rural road ditch.  About half of them had prey (mainly grasshopers, some monarch butterflies).  Many were visibly gravid.  Also observed, on 2 different occasions, 2 males courting a female on her web.  Habitat was mainly grasses, Salix sp. and Asclepias.  A corn field was on side of the ditch.

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• Aug 16, 2007

  
  David Bree
  43.9444, -80.4144
  1    
  Added: Aug 27, 2007 at 8:20:59 PM MST

  One female in web in field in the Luther Marsh complex.

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• Aug 11, 2007

  
  Debbie A. Powell
  43.9295, -78.9697
  1    
  Added: Aug 12, 2007 at 7:48:38 AM MST

  This spider was observed when walking in the bush area of Cullen Gardens (former Miniature Village). On a casual walk with the children we spotted this large yellow and black spider. I snapped a couple of pictures and figured we would come home and google it. I found this site and noticed that this was definitley the right type of spider after noticing the zipper pattern in the web.

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• Aug 11, 2007

  
  Virginia A. Lindgren
  44.3229, -92.3123
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  Added: Aug 13, 2007 at 10:28:26 AM MST

  Casual observation: 5 females seen about 6pm (Central) on a 90°+ day while checking my nearby beehives.  All with large webs in tall grass of hayfield.  No eggs or males seen.

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• Aug 10, 2007

  
  Carolyn J White
  45.027, -75.6573
  
  Added: Aug 23, 2007 at 6:56:44 PM MST

  We had this lovely spider visit our garden for more than 2 weeks.  I think she was an Argiope aurantia..... Sadly, something destroyed the web on the night of Aug. 20.  I am hopeful she will come back, although there is a new web with an as yet unknown small spider in residence.

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• Aug 8, 2007

  
  Nancy F. Yeager
  31.8446, -83.3274
  1    
  Added: Aug 8, 2007 at 12:57:35 PM MST

  Location:  South Central Georgia.  Female spider observed. She made a web that hung from the eve on the back of our home to a bush in the flowerbed below.  No other spiders, trapped food, or egg sack was seen.  This girl was probably close to 2" long.

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• Aug 8, 2007

  
  Natalie K. Beacom
  36.6295, -93.1965
  1    
  Added: Oct 3, 2007 at 4:11:11 PM MST

  

  Location: Hollister Missouri.. On my front porch... Her name is Tudy Fruity.. I've been putting wild cought crickets in her web.. She has now produced a HUGE egg sack for me. Never seen the male tho. She's close to 2 1/2 3 inch leg span.

   

  9-22-2007

  Tudy has now layed her 2nd egg sack!!!

   

  9-30-2007

  Well I have some sad news and some good news.. Some of my husbands friends came over I guess they'd been drinking before they got here, well anyways I met them on the front porch and they were talking about how they were going to kill tudy because they didn't like spiders I told them if they dare touch her I was going to really hurt them only in words I cant say on here.. Well they went in and then one guy nick named fatback left and went to talk on his phone.. Then they left and I walked them to the door.. I didn't check on her then but as we were leaving to go out in town Aaron told me tudy isn't there.. I told him he was lieing to me... Well I looked and sure enough her web was destroyed right in the middle where she was.. Like someone came up and just grabbed her off her web and took her web with her as well.. Now I'm sooo P@^%$# that I don't even have words to explain what I feel.. I mean I'll miss her and everything but its more of a disrespect issue then anything because they know I've been taking care of her now for 2 months or more..
  
  Plus I also help plan there wedding and helped them find a house.. And then they go and do that to her and to me.. Some friends they turned out to be .. What's this world coming to anymore? Sorry for the rant had to get it off my chest..
  
  Well the good news is her egg sacs are still there and doing fine.. I just hope she didn't suffer what ever happened to her... I mean I knew I'd lose her in the end but not this way tho.. I'll for ever miss that little bugger..

   

  10-03-2007

  Her egg sacs are doing just fine.. I gard them with my life now.. I still go out there and check to see if by some slim chance she's came back but as always no.. I'll keep you all update..

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• Jul 22, 2007

  
  Jean Leclerc
  46.1584, -72.4698
  2    
  Added: Jul 23, 2007 at 8:38:13 AM MST

  Observed 2 females on their web in a road side ditch, mixed grass, milkweed and Salix sp..

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