{"id":6471,"date":"2008-03-05T11:29:11","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=6471"},"modified":"2017-06-25T16:19:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T21:19:17","slug":"garden-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Garden Spider (Family Araneidae)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy, BugFans,<\/p>\n<p>Also called the Black-and-yellow Argiope, this impressive gal may reach 1 1\/8\u201d in length (the male is about \u00bc\u201d). Like Charlotte, she is in the Orb-weaver family.<\/p>\n<p>These have really declined in number in the BugLady\u2019s fields. A spider expert hypothesized recently that early frosts may be killing them before they reach reproductive capability.<\/p>\n<p>[metaslider id=6321]<\/p>\n<p>The BugLady has observed that their webs are often built in \u201cchimneys\u201d&mdash;cleared areas in the tall grass. It\u2019s as though the webs exist within a glass cylinder in otherwise dense brome grass, like the spiders pull back the grasses so their webs won\u2019t be compromised when the wind blows. The female spins the center of the web; the male adds more web around the outside and adds a thick, white, zig-zag \u201czipper\u201d band to the center. It is speculated that the \u201czipper\u201d makes the web more \u201cvisible\u201d to bat radar so the web doesn\u2019t get destroyed. There are observations of webs 10 feet across.<\/p>\n<p>The female lays eggs in an egg sac that she attaches to the edge of her web. The young hatch out of their eggs in fall but spend the winter in the sac, eating yolk material and each other until it\u2019s warm enough to emerge in spring (remember the First Law of Nature: Survival of the Fattest). The hatchlings stay together for a few days&mdash;masses of teeny spiderlings on vegetation or on the sides of buildings. The BugLady once saw a Daddy long-legs stalking the outside of a group of spiderlings (see: Law of Nature, above).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/02\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/02\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/02\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/02\/GardenSpiderPrey-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When something gets caught in the net, it is first wrapped and then disposed by biting. Cicada exoskeletons are pretty tough; this prey must have been a challenge. (The Chinese symbol for \u201cchallenge\u201d is the same as the Chinese symbol for \u201copportunity.\u201d The Bug Lady knows these things.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yellow Garden Spider<\/strong> webs are often built in \u201cchimneys\u201d&mdash;cleared areas in the tall grass. It\u2019s as though the webs exist within a glass cylinder in otherwise dense brome grass. The female spins the center of the web; the male adds more web around the outside and adds a thick, white, zig-zag \u201czipper\u201d band to the center. Also called the Black-and-yellow Argiope, this impressive gal may reach 1 1\/8\u201d in length (the male is about \u00bc\u201d). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3993,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[8],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-6471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bug-of-the-week","tag-spiders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Field Station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yellow Garden Spider (Family Araneidae)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yellow Garden Spider webs are often built in \u201cchimneys\u201d&mdash;cleared areas in the tall grass. It\u2019s as though the webs exist within a glass cylinder in otherwise dense brome grass. The female spins the center of the web; the male adds more web around the outside and adds a thick, white, zig-zag \u201czipper\u201d band to the center. Also called the Black-and-yellow Argiope, this impressive gal may reach 1 1\/8\u201d in length (the male is about \u00bc\u201d).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Field Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-03-05T17:29:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-06-25T21:19:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/02\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Yellow Garden Spider (Family Araneidae)\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-03-05T17:29:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-25T21:19:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":319,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/380\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Spiders\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bug of the Week\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/\",\"name\":\"Yellow Garden Spider (Family Araneidae) - Field Station\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/380\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-03-05T17:29:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-25T21:19:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/380\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/380\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/garden-spider\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bug of the Week\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/category\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Yellow Garden Spider (Family Araneidae)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/\",\"name\":\"Field Station\",\"description\":\"UW-Milwaukee\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Field Station","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Yellow Garden Spider (Family Araneidae)","og_description":"Yellow Garden Spider webs are often built in \u201cchimneys\u201d&mdash;cleared areas in the tall grass. It\u2019s as though the webs exist within a glass cylinder in otherwise dense brome grass. The female spins the center of the web; the male adds more web around the outside and adds a thick, white, zig-zag \u201czipper\u201d band to the center. Also called the Black-and-yellow Argiope, this impressive gal may reach 1 1\/8\u201d in length (the male is about \u00bc\u201d).","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/","og_site_name":"Field Station","article_published_time":"2008-03-05T17:29:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-06-25T21:19:17+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/02\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Yellow Garden Spider (Family Araneidae)","datePublished":"2008-03-05T17:29:11+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-25T21:19:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/"},"wordCount":319,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/02\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg","keywords":["Spiders"],"articleSection":["Bug of the Week"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/","name":"Yellow Garden Spider (Family Araneidae) - Field Station","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/02\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg","datePublished":"2008-03-05T17:29:11+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-25T21:19:17+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/02\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/02\/GardenSpiderPrey.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/garden-spider\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bug of the Week","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/category\/bug-of-the-week\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Yellow Garden Spider (Family Araneidae)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/","name":"Field Station","description":"UW-Milwaukee","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":""}]}},"acf":[],"meta_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1498425421:28"],"_edit_last":["28"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["60"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["8"],"_uwm_wg_content_review_log":["a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:11:\"reviewer_id\";i:0;s:6:\"status\";s:5:\"reset\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2026-03-01 02:10:53\";s:16:\"priority_content\";s:0:\"\";s:4:\"note\";s:43:\"Content review reset at start of new cycle.\";}}"]},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-18 11:35:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3993"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6471"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6560,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions\/6560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}