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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]
Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887 — Seychelles to India, Pakistan, Maldives; Argiope anomalopalpis Bjørn, 1997 — Congo, South Africa; Argiope appensa (Walckenaer, 1841) — Hawaii, Taiwan to New Guinea; Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) — USA to Chile; Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833 — Canada to Costa Rica
Argiope aurantia feeding on silk-wrapped grasshopper. Digestion is carried out internally and externally. Spiders do not have powerful chelicerae, but secrete digestive fluids into their prey from a series of ducts perforating their chelicerae.
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy.It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature.
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