Characteristics: This spider builds its web between plants in garden beds. It sits in the center, head down, waiting for prey to ensnare itself in the web.
Females can deliver a moderately painful bite if guarding eggs and disturbed.
General Adult Size (Length): 4mm to 6mm
(0.16in to 0.24in)
Identifying Colors:black; white; yellow; brown
Category:Spider Common Name: Banded Garden Spider Scientific Name: (Argiopetrifasciata)
Kingdom: Animalia
