How to Identify the Garden Spider The garden spider, scientifically known as Argiope aurantia, is easy to spot thanks to its bright yellow markings and bold black stripes. Female Argiope aurantia ...

When I see a garden spider, l recall a fellow graduate student who I came to know while doing owl research in Minnesota. On occasion, I would drop by her office which she shared with her husband, a ...

Brown recluse spiders (aka fiddleback spiders) are fairly easy to identify with their dark, violin-shaped marking that is found behind their eyes. They like quiet, undisturbed places such as basements ...