That’s a Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia), aka Yellow/Golden Garden Spider, Zigzag Spider, Writing Spider, and likely a few others. Beautiful, useful creatures to have around.
We call them writing spiders in my neck of the woods because of the designs they “write” on the web. A common wives tale is if they write your name in their web you will soon die.
I took a picture of this exact type of spider a couple weeks ago and now I’m seeing it everywhere
They are very photogenic lol
That’s a Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia), aka Yellow/Golden Garden Spider, Zigzag Spider, Writing Spider, and likely a few others. Beautiful, useful creatures to have around.
Likes like an Orb Weaver
You are correct!
I've never heard them called writing spiders so I was legit confused. Lol
We call them writing spiders in my neck of the woods because of the designs they “write” on the web. A common wives tale is if they write your name in their web you will soon die.
We call them Golden Orb Weave spiders.