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Argiope sp. blending in to elaborate stabilimentum in Tanzania Writing spider eating a swallowtail butterfly in Holly Springs, North Carolina An argiope's web with stabilimentum in Independence, Missouri The banded orb weaving spider wraps up a large milkweed bug and subsequently cuts it from its web.
Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, [2] [3] black and yellow garden spider, [4] golden garden spider, [5] writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider. [6] The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833.
Argiope bruennichii Argiope bruennichi , commonly known as the wasp spider, is a species of orb-weaver spider found across Central and Northern Europe , several regions of Asia , plus parts of the Middle east , North Africa and the Azores .
Argiope argentata, commonly known as the silver argiope or silver garden spider due to the silvery color of its cephalothorax, is a member of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae. This species resides in arid and warm environments in North America , Central America , the Caribbean and widely across South America .
Argiope trifasciata (the banded garden spider or banded orb weaving spider) [2] is a species of spider native to North and South America, but now found around the world. [3] It can be found in certain areas of Europe, namely the Iberian Peninsula, the Canary Islands, and Madeira. [4] [2] The similar looking Argiope bruennichi is common in the ...
In the cannibalistic and polyandrous orb-web spider Argiope bruennichi, the much smaller males are attacked during their first copulation and are cannibalized in up to 80% of the cases. [23] All surviving males die after their second copulation, a pattern observed in other Argiope species. Whether a male survives his first copulation depends on ...
The garden spiders, both of which belong to the Argiope genus, showed "distinct periods of fluctuations during the restraint" and were even found to struggle against the restraints, researchers ...
On Guam, where Argiope appensa is ubiquitous, it is frequently visited by Argyrodes argentatus, that steals food from the host. [5] Following the brown tree snake and the subsequent extinction or near-extinction of many of the island's small birds, spider populations on Guam exploded in response to decreasing predation and competition. [6]