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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 bruennichi is commonly known as the wasp spider. In Australia, Argiope keyserlingi and Argiope aetherea are known as St Andrew's cross spiders, for their habit of resting in the web with paired legs outstretched in the shape of an X and mirroring the large white web decoration (the cross of St. Andrew [2] having the same form
Argiope aurantia. Sperm competition occurs in many species, such as Unicorn catleyi, Nephila Pilipes and Argiope aurantia, [14] [15] [16] with males acting to limit it by guarding the female or inserting parts of the male genitalia into the female's reproductive organs, [6] or using mating plugs [17] which come from the males seminal fluid. [18]
The most relevant example for the strategies mentioned above is the Argiotoxin-636. This is a polyamine toxin isolated from the Argiope lobata's venom. However, there are still some difficulties, as ArgTX-636 cannot distinguish the different subtypes of ionotropic glutamate receptors. [10]
In the species of orb-weaving spider, Argiope arantia, males prefer short copulation duration upon the first palp insertion in order to avoid cannibalism. Upon the second insertion, however, the male remains inserted in the female.
Argiope aurantia, also known as the "black and yellow garden spider" or "corn spider" Other species of Argiope; Members of the genus Nephila, known as golden silk orb-weavers, sometimes misidentified as writing spiders
This behavior was first documented in 2011 against a yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia. A European hornet flew into the spider’s web and appeared entangled. The hornet cut free a captured insect (possibly a eumenine wasp), wrapped in silk, from the spider’s web.
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 ...