Yellow garden spider?

[Wagtail]

Yep, it's a "Yellow Garden Spider"... argiope aurantia. An orb spider.

Your 'boy's' photography was so good that all I had to do was a Google Image Search on the second photo and all of the info, including what other names it's known by, came right up.

Argiope aurantia - Wikipedia

 

[Sigarms]

Yep, it's a "Yellow Garden Spider"... argiope aurantia. An orb spider.

Your 'boy's' photography was so good that all I had to do was a Google Image Search on the second photo and all of the info, including what other names it's known by, came right up.

Argiope aurantia - Wikipedia

That was from my cell phone. Boys pics are actually nicer LOL

Just wanted to make certain I wasn't missing anything. I'm getting older, and surprised it's the first time I ever saw one at my age with the traveling I've done.

Also, a plus for "Bob", he looks cute enough that my wife doesn't want him gone:laughing:

 

[wngsprd]

We have several around the house in the flowers and shrubs. We feed them every year, and they can grow huge (we catch horseflies and grasshoppers and gently toss into the webs). Once they create their egg sack, they seem to disappear. Never knew they would bite.

 

[ruffdog]

They like garden plants and tall weeds to make their webs or even old farm machinery. I like hand feeding them a small grasshopper.

 

[AndyMA]

Yep, it's a "Yellow Garden Spider"... argiope aurantia. An orb spider.

Your 'boy's' photography was so good that all I had to do was a Google Image Search on the second photo and all of the info, including what other names it's known by, came right up.

Argiope aurantia - Wikipedia

Handsome argiope spiders hard to miss this time of year | Wildlife & Nature | pilotonline.com

 

[bunyip]

We get them too, they let a long strand of web out and the breeze will carry it several feet where will attaach itself, spider walkks across and weaves the web catching various insects overnight.
Before dawn most will reticulate the web but you either see the dew on the ones they don't or walk into them.
The spider is harmless to humans mostly, we call orb weavers and they come in an assortment of colours.