Yellow Garden Spiders Good for Yards, Gardens

Garden spiders are considered beneficial around homes because they capture and eat a wide range of pest insects that damage landscape and garden plants. (Stock photo)

Yellow Garden Spiders Good for Yards, Gardens

Garden spiders are not a threat to humans, but should be handled carefully. They can be relocated or deterred from building webs in high traffic areas. (Stock photo)

Thu, 07/14/2022 - 5:00am

Garden spiders may look scary, but they are a friend of gardeners and help keep insect populations in check around the house.Garden spiders go by many names – writing spiders, yellow garden spiders, banana spider and by their genus – Argiope, said Wizzie Brown, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist,

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