Minnesota Seasons - banded argiope

Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy


Conservation Status
IUCN Red List	not listed
NatureServe	N5 - Secure
Minnesota	not listed

Description

This is a medium-large orb weaver spider.

Size

Female Body length: ⅝″ to 1″

Web

Similar Species

Habitat

Open, sunny areas with tall plants

Biology

Season

Late August to the first freeze

Behavior

Life Cycle

Food


Distribution
		Sources 7, 24, 27, 29, 30, 82, 83.
9/5/2024

Occurrence
Common and widespread


Taxonomy
Class	Arachnida (arachnids)
Order	Araneae (spiders)
Suborder	Araneomorphae (typical spiders)
Infraorder	Entelegynae
Superfamily	Araneoidea (orbweavers and allies)
Family	Araneidae (orbweavers)
Subfamily	Argiopinae
Genus	Argiope (garden orbweavers)

Subordinate Taxa


Synonyms
Aranea fastuosa Aranea trifasciata Argiope argyraspis Argiope aurelia Argiope avara Argiope fasciata Argiope fastuosa Argiope hentzi Argiope mauricia Argiope plana Argiope pradhani Argiope simplex Argiope sticticalis Argiope transversa Argyropes indecissa Austrargiope plana Brachygea platycephala Epeira argyraspides Epeira aurelia Epeira fasciata Epeira fastuosa Epeira flavipes Epeira latreilla Epeira latreillana Epeira mauricia Epeira mauritia Epeira nephoda Epeira webbii Metargiope trifasciata Metargyope trifasciata Nephila aurelia

Common Names
banded argiope banded garden spider banded garden orb weaver


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Carra Otten

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Judy Z

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On the house!


Dallas Barber

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Argiope trifasciata (Banded Argiope)
Allen Chartier

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Other Videos

Banded Garden Spider with Praying Mantis victim
Carol Snow Milne

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Published on Sep 14, 2012

Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata) abdomen size: 1 inch, with small live Praying Mantis. Poconos, PA

Banded Argiope Spider Weaving Web
IloveSPIDERZ

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Uploaded on Nov 8, 2009

This is a video of a common Argiope Trifasciata spinning a web.

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Argiope trifasciata liando saltamontes
Duquelas Dobles

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Published on Sep 19, 2013

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Banded Garden Spider
Terry Sprague

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Published on Sep 13, 2013

web weaving

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