The spider species Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the black and yellow garden spider writing spider or corn spider. It is common to the contiguous United States Hawaii southern Canada Mexico and Central America. They have distinctive yellow and black markings on their abdomens and a mostly white cephalothorax. The etymology of its name means gilded silver-face. Males range from 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) females from 19–28 mm (0.75–1.10 in).
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