Skip to content
OpenPhenologybeta
Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)
(c) Patrick Coin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY-NC 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)
SpidersIn Ohio

Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Araneidae
Genus
Argiope
We remember your county on this device only, until you clear it. Your ZIP code, city or location never leaves your device.

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 10 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (12)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (61)
  • Recorded, season not shown (5)
  • Season shown (10)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
Yellow Garden Spider by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Athens County25 · Recorded, season not shown
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Butler County23 · Recorded, season not shown
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clark County26 · Season shown
Clermont County22 · Season shown
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Cuyahoga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Delaware County27 · Season shown
Erie CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fayette CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Franklin County81 · Season shown
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Greene County21 · Season shown
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hamilton County90 · Recorded, season not shown
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Henry CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Licking County39 · Season shown
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lucas County40 · Recorded, season not shown
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Marion CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Medina County24 · Season shown
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Monroe CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Montgomery CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pike CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Portage CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland County23 · Season shown
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yet
Stark County21 · Season shown
Summit County24 · Season shown
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wayne County21 · Recorded, season not shown
Williams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wood CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wyandot CountyRecorded, too few records for a result

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Ohio

Late July to mid-October, middle week Sep 6–12

Show over the bars
Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 1,113 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not how common it is. The grey bars show how many records of all species were made here each week, so you can see when recording itself was high or low; the season is not adjusted by them.

Recorded on 536 dates. Latest record: November 2025.

Show as a table
Records of Yellow Garden Spider in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Yellow Garden SpiderYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10006,211
Jan 11–17215,146
Jan 18–24114,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7116,023
Feb 8–14005,888
Feb 15–21115,436
Feb 22–28116,846
Mar 1–7118,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–210012,620
Mar 22–280013,949
Mar 29 – Apr 41119,661
Apr 5–111126,860
Apr 12–180039,925
Apr 19–250041,623
Apr 26 – May 20056,391
May 3–91152,952
May 10–160053,785
May 17–230057,698
May 24–300054,651
May 31 – Jun 61153,099
Jun 7–130053,700
Jun 14–200056,625
Jun 21–270055,361
Jun 28 – Jul 45358,477
Jul 5–113161,336
Jul 12–185464,722
Jul 19–2517769,753
Jul 26 – Aug 131959,416
Aug 2–8531059,712
Aug 9–1546955,994
Aug 16–22881054,328
Aug 23–291351051,772
Aug 30 – Sep 51281057,167
Sep 6–121501059,075
Sep 13–191471054,543
Sep 20–26941045,860
Sep 27 – Oct 3731043,180
Oct 4–1062937,841
Oct 11–1731830,824
Oct 18–2415821,156
Oct 25–317519,021
Nov 1–76314,172
Nov 8–144412,621
Nov 15–21117,965
Nov 22–28118,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5006,083
Dec 6–12006,004
Dec 13–19005,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2008,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Relatives

In the same genus

Other Argiope recorded in Ohio

Banded Garden SpiderArgiope trifasciata

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciataOften confused in Ohio: 120 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus44 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Orchard Orbweaver Leucauge venusta42 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Marbled Orbweaver Araneus marmoreus21 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Red-femured Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona domiciliorum17 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Months not reported

  1. Jan: recorded
  2. Feb: recorded
  3. Mar: recorded
  4. Apr: recorded
  5. May: recorded
  6. Jun: recorded
  7. Jul: recorded
  8. Aug: recorded
  9. Sep: recorded
  10. Oct: recorded
  11. Nov: recorded
  12. Dec: no record

Not reported in Ohio in December, 2016 to 2025.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed64%49%
Farmland19%11%
Forest12%31%
Wetland3%5%
Grassland and shrub1%0.9%
Open water0.8%3%
Barren0.2%0.6%

From 638 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

1,113 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.