That's a wrap!
I am not an expert or even amateur when it comes to spiders, Orb Weavers, Huntsman and Daddy Long Legs being pretty much the usual limits of my knowledge around home. This little one has been in our garden for the last week or so and has been a bit tough to identify. Seems it comes with several names, including something so basic as "yellow garden spider". The distinctive markings on its body makes it not only beautiful but stand out.
It's just using some Glad Wrap to store a future meal.
Here is my guess. I am happy for any experts out there to correct me.
The spider species Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833. It has distinctive yellow and black markings on the abdomen and a mostly white cephalothorax. Its scientific Latin name translates to "gilded silver-face" (the genus name Argiope meaning "silver-face", while the specific epithet aurantia means "gilded"). Males range from 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in); females range from 19–28 mm (0.75–1.10 in). These spiders may bite if disturbed or harassed, but the venom is harmless to non-allergic humans, roughly equivalent to a bumblebee sting in intensity.
This note comes from Wikipedia and is focussed on North America but I feel it is the same.
Brisbane.
That's a wrap!
I am not an expert or even amateur when it comes to spiders, Orb Weavers, Huntsman and Daddy Long Legs being pretty much the usual limits of my knowledge around home. This little one has been in our garden for the last week or so and has been a bit tough to identify. Seems it comes with several names, including something so basic as "yellow garden spider". The distinctive markings on its body makes it not only beautiful but stand out.
It's just using some Glad Wrap to store a future meal.
Here is my guess. I am happy for any experts out there to correct me.
The spider species Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833. It has distinctive yellow and black markings on the abdomen and a mostly white cephalothorax. Its scientific Latin name translates to "gilded silver-face" (the genus name Argiope meaning "silver-face", while the specific epithet aurantia means "gilded"). Males range from 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in); females range from 19–28 mm (0.75–1.10 in). These spiders may bite if disturbed or harassed, but the venom is harmless to non-allergic humans, roughly equivalent to a bumblebee sting in intensity.
This note comes from Wikipedia and is focussed on North America but I feel it is the same.
Brisbane.