This spider is the king of common names. From wikipedia:
Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider.
But there is also other species in Argiope and they also use stabilimenta, so all the names referencing writing/zigzag/zipper, etc are ambiguous!
Sometimes they’re called Writing Spiders because of the patterns they make in their webs.
This spider is the king of common names. From wikipedia:
But there is also other species in Argiope and they also use stabilimenta, so all the names referencing writing/zigzag/zipper, etc are ambiguous!