BugFiles Pictures: Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope, Charlotte's Web Spider (, 1 by kniphofia

kniphofia wrote:
If disturbed these spiders usually retreat to an upper leaf or stem near the top of their webs. I have hundreds of these in my garden every year and there are always some that are in the way :)

I once came back in the house with one of these inside my shirt.. amazingly I didn't panic and took off the shirt and got the spider in a paper cup and put it back outside.

Here's a group of argiope spiderlings I photographed a few days ago.