Argiope trifasciata (Forskål, 1775)

banded garden spider

Dec 12, 2007

Richard J. Adams
36.6051, -121.829
1 0 0
Added: Dec 13, 2007 at 2:06:21 PM MST

An adult male A. trifasciata was found resting in the eaves of a local elementary school by several children and identified by R.J. Adams. The spider was resting directly on the wall and no orb web was visible. Seaside, Monterey Co., CA. (36.605081, -121.829002)

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Nov 13, 2007

Richard J. Adams
36.6496, -121.7917
0 1
Added: Nov 13, 2007 at 4:56:49 PM MST

An adult female Banded Garden Spider was found in her web in a lupin bush on the California State University Monterey Bay campus this morning (36.649587, -121.791729) (13-Nov., 2007). In the same bush were two Labyrinth Spiders (Meteperia sp.) (Areanidae).
R.J. Adams

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Oct 17, 2007

Ian K Hutchinson
45.6777, -122.5096
1
Added: Oct 17, 2007 at 10:45:41 PM MST

Adult female found on outside wall near the downspout from the gutter, about a foot off the ground. No web nearby. We have many other types of spiders in the yard, but this is the first time seeing one like this.

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Oct 15, 2007

kay s standridge
34.1607, -83.4065
1
Added: Oct 17, 2007 at 8:39:09 AM MST

I found one of these little guys on the side of my house. He wasn't in a web, he was just hagning out on the siding.

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Sep 27, 2007

Jean Leclerc
46.2272, -72.3448
1
Added: Sep 27, 2007 at 12:05:44 PM MST

Observed a female on its web. It had cleared a small opening in the tall grasses under and around its web.

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Sep 22, 2007

Janorah Forrar
38.7388, -104.1886
1
Added: Sep 22, 2007 at 11:59:51 AM MST

Found in my front yard this morning
lat 38.73875369983168
long -104.18862819671631
My yard has peppermint, applemint, tricolor sage, buffalo grass, mums, lillies, columbine, irises and some other garden type flowers. I also have rhubarb. I have been here 12 years and this is the first of these spiders I have seen. I also was able to get a great pic of the underside. A 2nd web was discovered 30 minutes later about 2.5 feet from the 1st one and it had another female about the same size.

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Sep 17, 2007

Michael D. Campbell
39.8689, -85.9306
1
Added: Oct 27, 2007 at 7:49:52 PM MST

Location: McCordsville, Buck Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana Date & Time: September 17, 2007 18:15 hours Habitat: Wildflower garden Predominant Vegetation: goldenrod, obedient plant, asters, coneflowers, coreopsis Details: This is the largest of the four females in my yard. The males have all vanished by now, I imagine they were consumed by their mates as I discovered the dried husk of one in this female's web more than a week prior to this sighting. The female pictured is eating a fairly large grasshopper. She has also been observed eating moths, butterflies, wasps and a variety of smaller prey. All of the females observed in my yard changed into their adult coloration after the males disappeared which leads me to believe that mating is the catalyst for the change into adult markings and not the other way around.

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Sep 12, 2007

Kevin T. Cook
41.1363, -81.196
1 2
Added: Sep 19, 2007 at 10:42:31 AM MST

Male and Female on a single web constructed in the midst of our house getting sided. Found on property adjacent to West Branch State Park in Ravenna, Ohio.

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Aug 22, 2007

Michael D. Campbell
39.8689, -85.9306
4 3
Added: Oct 27, 2007 at 5:57:25 PM MST

Location: McCordsville, Buck Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana Date & Time: August 22, 2007 19:44 hours Habitat: Wildflower garden Predominant vegetation: obedient plant, goldenrod, aster, coneflowers Details: Three large females with webs spaced in an equilateral triangle less than two meters apart. Males on small webs adjacent to females' webs. Females still in immature markings but are quite large and much larger than the males. Smallest female has two males in attendance.

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Aug 18, 2007

Jean Leclerc
46.1589, -72.4682
2
Added: Aug 22, 2007 at 8:46:03 AM MST

Observed 2 females on their web alongside a rural road ditch. Spider community largely dominated by Argiope aurantia. (There were over 40 individuals of this later species on that same location.) Habitat: grasses, milkweed and Salix sp.. Corn field near.

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Aug 8, 2007

Michael D. Campbell
39.8689, -85.9306
1
Added: Oct 27, 2007 at 5:42:15 PM MST

Location: McCordsville, Buck Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana Date & Time: August 8, 2007; 18:50 hours, Habitat: Shrub bed & shade garden, Predominant vegetation: summersweet, great blue lobelia, sensitive fern Details: First argiope seen this year, a large immature female with her web hung between the branches of a summersweet about 1 meter above ground level. Next day two more discovered approximately 6 meters away in wildflower garden and a fourth would be found in wildflower garden within a week, all with webs no more than half a meter high in obedient plant and coneflowers.

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Aug 11, 2006

Bev Wigney
45.1465, -75.6088
3 1 3
Added: Mar 5, 2007 at 9:53:48 AM MST

Sighting Report - Concentration of immature female & male Argiope trifasciata spiders: -- Location: City of Ottawa (formerly Osgoode Township), Carleton County, Ontario, Canada., Coordinates: Osgoode 45.14651, -75.60883., Date & Time: August 11, 2006; 15:40 hours., Habitat: Oldfield meadow -- Intentionally created Spider Habitat. Predominant vegetation: goldenrod, Wild cucumber, common milkweed, yarrow, Aster., Details: Seven A. trifasciata found on orbs in less than a square meter, suspended from goldenrod. Two immature females had parallel orbs almost on top of each other (see photo). Another immature female's orb had two males on fragile webbing to the side and below. Nearby was another larger female with a male in the corner of her web. And one more immature female alone on an orb. General vicinity of UTM 18T 0453821, 5003433 (WGS84)., Reference Photographs: (2) posted at following URLs: http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/65066947, http://www.pbase.com/image/65066948
(edited by admin Apr 5, 2007 at 12:51:38 AM MST)

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