But sometimes, what the eyes gaze at isn't a songster but an eight-eyed yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia). The black and yellow-mottled female garden spiders look especially fetching ...

These spiders usually have a black carapace, legs, and undersides with white spots under their abdomens. Spiny-backed orb weavers are sometimes white, red, or yellow. Interestingly, spiny-backed ...