I'm not one for spiders but this one just begged to be photographed.
Spiders are not my favourites I must admit but the Silver Argiope Spider is such a colourful spider with an interesting web. They weave a distinctive zigzag pattern within their web and makes them easy to identify. There may be as many as four stabilimenta in a web forming an X and it seems to make the spider larger with leg extensions.
White , yellow and stripes of this unique looking spider
The total length of the female Silver Argiope measures up to 12mm. It has a silvery carapace and the abdomen is silver with a pair of darker longitudinal bands.
The underside of the Silver Argiope spider as it spins its web.
See the smaller spider? I think that's the male.
This one went crazy spinning his web!
This spider is one of nature’s many pest control agents so I guess we’ll just let them be even though I don’t really care for them!
Marta
I searched everywhere for this Spidey! One female Argiope spun a web a block from me in the grand city of Miami Florida. It is such a gorgeous creature and although I am not a fan I was curious. Thanks for the much needed identification!
Thanks Vanessa, I’m not a big fan of spiders either but love to take photos of the web etc.I have photos of the egg sac that one constructed and when thousands of babies emerged. A friend told me the reason for so many babies is that few survive……….I didn’t want to be surrounded by them all!!