I found a large, yellow and black spider in my garden. It had a perfect web strung between my carpenteria and salvia shrubs. I learned that it is the female of the species Argiope aurantia. These ...

A black-and-yellow garden spider up close - Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock When planning out a home garden, chances are you are not doing so to purposely attract spiders. Most types of spiders are ...

When I see a garden spider, l recall a fellow graduate student who I came to know while doing owl research in Minnesota. On occasion, I would drop by her office which she shared with her husband, a ...

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 ...

Our yards and gardens are filled with life. But some of those living creatures are not what many people desire, like spiders. As creepy crawlers that honestly just look like they came straight out of ...

Female Banana Spiders (Nephila clavipes) are one of the largest orb-weavers in this country, rivaled in size only by female Black-and-Yellow Garden Spiders (Argiope aurantia). The male Banana Spider ...