Argiope argentata
(Silver Garden Spider)

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 32 confirmed sightings of Argiope argentata (Silver Garden Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 16, 2025 by Spider ID member mumbles28. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 32 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: 32)
• Sex: 3 female and 0 male.
• Environment: Argiope argentata has been sighted 35 times outdoors, and 4 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (16). Low foliage (11). High foliage (1). Ground layer (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (3). Desert area (3).

Location and Range

Argiope argentata (Silver Garden Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

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: 1
• February: 2
• March: 2
• April: 6
• May: 8
• June: 1
• July: 2
• August: 3
• September: 1
• October: 4
• November: 2
• December: