[6] the species was first described by hippolyte lucas in 1833 The name comes from the fact that the joints of the spider are typically coloured a golden yellow. It is common to the contiguous united states, hawaii.
Steven Stem
In addition, they can be quite brightly colored
“banana spiders get their common name because their abdomen (back section) is a bright yellow.
In north america, argiope aurantia is commonly known as the black and yellow garden spider, zipper spider, corn spider, or writing spider, because of the similarity of the web stabilimenta to writing. Here's what you need to know about joro spiders, the big yellow arachnids taking over some backyards in greenville and soon the east coast. Australis shows considerable sexual size dimorphism Females (~25mm) are considerably larger than males (~6mm)
[3] the legs are of a bright yellow, with the outer halves black.
