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title: "Yellow Garden Spider"
description: "Argiope aurantia — Owady i pająki. Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/yellow-garden-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow Garden Spider

> Argiope aurantia — Owady i pająki. Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider.

- Scientific name: *Argiope aurantia*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 110530
- Wikidata: [Q2556499](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2556499)
- iNaturalist taxon: [67707](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67707)

## Names

- en: Yellow Garden Spider
- de: Gold-Wespenspinne
- es: Araña amarilla de jardín
- fr: Araignée jaune et noire
- nl: Zwartgele argiope

## Countries with the most observations

US (98153), CA (7297), MX (1642), SV (20), GT (10), NI (3)

## Summary

Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833. It is common to the contiguous United States, Hawaii, southern Canada, Mexico, and Central America. It has distinctive yellow and black markings on the abdomen and a mostly white cephalothorax. Its scientific Latin name translates to "gilded silver-face" (the genus name Argiope meaning "silver-face"…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia

## Photo

![Yellow Garden Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-garden-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Zupan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180968594

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-garden-spider?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).