Arachnids · La Saladita, Guerrero

Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Spanish: Araña amarilla de jardín

The spider species Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, corn spider, or McKinley spider. 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", while the specific epithet...

TaxonomyArachnida › Araneae › Araneidae

Local records16 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records111,382 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2024 – 2025

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2025-09-06 — observation by jessyav
2025-08-21 — observation by javiperezsoza
2025-08-20 — observation by antonio_perez2
2025-08-20 — observation by fercho13947
2025-07-22 — observation by daniel_brito
2025-07-16 — observation by soulbiol

Interactive card with more photos, sounds and similar species Arachnids guide iNaturalist Wikipedia

Cite as: “Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/argiope-aurantia/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.