Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Argiope
- Species: Argiope argentata
Common Name (AAS)
Silver Garden Spider
Other Common Names
Silver Argiope
Author
(Fabricius, 1775)
Primary Colors
Sightings Overview
There have been 42 confirmed sightings of Argiope argentata (Silver Garden Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 26, 2024 by Spider ID member wendywalker. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 42 sightings because of certain Argiope argentata sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 69% of the time, Argiope argentata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 42)
- Sex: 5 female and 0 male.
- Environment: Argiope argentata has been sighted 46 times outdoors, and 5 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (19). On flower (2). Low foliage (17). Ground layer (1). Saltwater (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (3). Desert area (3).
Location and Range
Argiope argentata (Silver Garden Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, United States, Uruguay.
Argiope argentata has also been sighted in the following states: California, Florida, Louisiana, Texas.
Seasonality
Argiope argentata has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
- January: 4
- February: 4
- March: 5
- April: 5
- May: 8
- June: 1
- July: 2
- August: 3
- September: 1
- October: 4
- November: 4
- December: 1