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 ...

If you have a fear of spiders, you might want to find something else to read today. Or you could just read on in horrified fascination and maybe discover something ...

The black-and-yellow argiope is a particularly attractive and large species of orb-weaving spider. It is the largest orb weaver in the garden. Actually, only the female is large, the males being ...

“You’ll break the spider’s web.” “What web?” he asked absentmindedly, adding that he’d already gone out and come back through the same door earlier.

The Garden Argiope is often mistakenly referred to as a Banana spider. These spiders breed only once a year, and now is their season. They build large webs whose central part may be two feet across.

Here's to the spider who sat down beside her. December 30, 2009. By Barbara Damrosch. It's the last day of the year, and there are still spiders in the house.

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 ...