Argiope
(Garden Orb-weavers)

Argiope, commonly known as Garden Orb-weavers, is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Argiope spiders have been sighted 310 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Argiope includes 2 countries and 45 states in the United States. Argiope is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of September.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Argiope

Common Name (AAS)

Garden Orb-weavers

Other Common Names

Writing Spiders

Author

Victor Audouin, 1826

Sightings Overview

There have been 310 confirmed sightings of Argiope (Garden Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 22, 2025 by Spider ID member cmerrill. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 310 sightings because of certain Argiope sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 76% of the time, Argiope spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 310)
Sex: 49 female and 4 male.
Environment: Argiope has been sighted 348 times outdoors, and 18 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (172). On flower (8). Low foliage (100). High foliage (12). Ground layer (22). Under rock or debris (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (6). Saltwater (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (19). Forest (2). Desert area (5).

Location and Range

Argiope (Garden Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Argiope has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.