{"id":"releases/2026-11-13/species/GGZ8.json","kind":"species","format":"species/1.17","provenance":{"release":"2026-11-13","sources":["inaturalist-observations-v2","gbif-occurrence-v2","species-names","inaturalist-photos","usgs-gap-ranges-conus-2001v1","noaa-nclimgrid-daily","us-riis-l48-v2","oh-oda-invasive-plants","oh-odnr-aquatic-invasive","inaturalist-checklist","government-species-lists","census-tiger-2026","census-cartographic-boundaries-2025","resolve-ecoregions-2017","usgs-wbd","census-urban-areas-2020","natural-earth-countries","usgs-annual-nlcd-c1v2-2025","usgs-3dep-1as","usgs-padus-4-1","odnr-lands","census-zcta-county-2020","census-places-2020"],"licences":["CC-BY-4.0","CC-BY-NC-4.0","CC0-1.0"],"gbif_download_dois":["10.15468/dl.8m7c3d","10.15468/dl.y2jkt8"],"method":"seasonal-5","taxonomy":"col-xr-2026-06-19/match-2026-10-20","boundaries":"tiger-2026; census-cb-2025-500k; census-zcta-county-2020; census-places-2020; resolve-ecoregions-2017; usgs-annual-nlcd-c1v2-2025; usgs-3dep-1as; PAD-US 4.1 073747bf4d9b, ODNR Lands 8f5985bbd476, parks list 1.2; WBD HU8 04 1a78c5142bde, 05 d59adb45cc28; census-uac20 dbd0e5786258","ranges":["gap/conus-2001v1"],"protection":{"usfws":"2026-11-03T15:25:11.428Z","ohio":"2026-10"},"code":"414181dce188c3b7397c29608556900ed4e75a41","run":"43333827288"},"data":{"species_key":"GGZ8","scientific_name":"Argiope aurantia","authorship":"Lucas, 1833","common_name":"Yellow Garden Spider","synonyms":["Argiope cophinaria","Epeira riparia"],"inaturalist_taxon_id":67707,"photo":{"id":"inat-102387595","source":"taxon","sizes":{"species":[480,768,1152,1536],"card":[320,480,640,800],"thumb":[64,96,128,192]},"credit":"(c) Patrick Coin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)","licence":"CC-BY-NC-4.0","licence_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/","url":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/102387595"},"part_photos":{"female":{"id":"inat-24831936","source":"observation","sizes":{"species":[480,768,1152,1536],"card":[320,480,640,800],"thumb":[64,96,128,192]},"credit":"(c) Linda Jo Conn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)","licence":"CC-BY-NC-4.0","licence_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/","url":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/24831936"}},"rank":"species","classification":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Arthropoda","class":"Arachnida","order":"Araneae","family":"Araneidae","genus":"Argiope"},"group":"spiders","slug":"yellow-garden-spider","areas":[{"area":"us-oh","level":"state","records":1113,"record_dates":536,"latest_month":"2025-11","season":[30,36,41],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:03","sunset":"19:58","high":26.8,"low":14.2,"midpoint":20.5},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":{"records":7,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"female":{"records":93,"season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":[3,4,5,0,3,0,2,18,43,82,96,106,102,118,111,80,86,79,70,62,12,8,3,2],"months_not_reported":[12],"land_cover":{"records":638,"groups":[{"group":"developed","share":63.8},{"group":"farmland","share":19.4},{"group":"forest","share":12.1},{"group":"wetland","share":2.5},{"group":"grassland-shrub","share":1.3},{"group":"water","share":0.8},{"group":"barren","share":0.2}]},"look_alikes":[{"species_key":"GH55","state":120,"worldwide":1300,"chosen_by":"state"},{"species_key":"G59D","state":1,"worldwide":44,"chosen_by":"worldwide"},{"species_key":"723LS","state":6,"worldwide":42,"chosen_by":"worldwide"},{"species_key":"6822R","state":0,"worldwide":21,"chosen_by":"worldwide"},{"species_key":"46SM4","state":1,"worldwide":17,"chosen_by":"worldwide"}]},{"area":"39009","level":"county","records":25,"record_dates":23,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[],"season_withheld":"one-year","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:08","sunset":"19:41","high":25.9,"low":12.5,"midpoint":19.8},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39017","level":"county","records":23,"record_dates":23,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[],"season_withheld":"one-year","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:11","sunset":"20:03","high":28.3,"low":14.5,"midpoint":21.4},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39023","level":"county","records":26,"record_dates":16,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[31,36,41],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:09","sunset":"20:00","high":26,"low":14.4,"midpoint":21},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39025","level":"county","records":22,"record_dates":20,"latest_month":"2024-09","season":[33,36,39],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:13","sunset":"19:56","high":27.2,"low":13.6,"midpoint":20.4},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39041","level":"county","records":27,"record_dates":27,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[33,36,41],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:04","sunset":"19:57","high":26.4,"low":13.1,"midpoint":20.2},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":3,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39049","level":"county","records":81,"record_dates":60,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[31,36,40],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:06","sunset":"19:54","high":26.3,"low":13.7,"midpoint":20},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":8,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39057","level":"county","records":21,"record_dates":19,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[34,37,40],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:15","sunset":"19:49","high":24.4,"low":13.2,"midpoint":20.9},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":4,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39061","level":"county","records":90,"record_dates":86,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:14","sunset":"19:56","high":27.4,"low":16.5,"midpoint":22.2},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"female":{"records":9,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39089","level":"county","records":39,"record_dates":34,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[33,36,39],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:03","sunset":"19:53","high":27.6,"low":15,"midpoint":21.3},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":3,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39095","level":"county","records":40,"record_dates":25,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:25","sunset":"19:28","high":25.6,"low":12.4,"midpoint":19.4},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":5,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39103","level":"county","records":24,"record_dates":24,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[31,36,40],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:57","sunset":"19:59","high":26.7,"low":15,"midpoint":20.4},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39139","level":"county","records":23,"record_dates":21,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[30,35,39],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:53","sunset":"20:10","high":25.9,"low":13.1,"midpoint":20.1},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39151","level":"county","records":21,"record_dates":21,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[30,36,38],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:57","sunset":"19:50","high":26,"low":14.4,"midpoint":20.4},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39153","level":"county","records":24,"record_dates":21,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[31,34,37],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:47","sunset":"20:09","high":27.4,"low":16.2,"midpoint":21.7},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":3,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39169","level":"county","records":21,"record_dates":20,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:57","sunset":"19:59","high":27.1,"low":13.1,"midpoint":21},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-04100009","level":"watershed","records":36,"record_dates":30,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[28,35,39],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:59","sunset":"20:12","high":25,"low":13.2,"midpoint":19.2},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-04100011","level":"watershed","records":20,"record_dates":14,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[32,35,39],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:56","sunset":"20:10","high":28.3,"low":15.7,"midpoint":22},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-04110001","level":"watershed","records":30,"record_dates":28,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:50","sunset":"20:09","high":26.7,"low":14.6,"midpoint":20.5},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-04110002","level":"watershed","records":39,"record_dates":32,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:51","sunset":"20:05","high":27,"low":14.3,"midpoint":19.6},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":4,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05030204","level":"watershed","records":32,"record_dates":31,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:02","sunset":"19:53","high":27.2,"low":12.7,"midpoint":19.9},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05040001","level":"watershed","records":44,"record_dates":42,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:56","sunset":"19:55","high":27.1,"low":14.6,"midpoint":20.6},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":3,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05040002","level":"watershed","records":49,"record_dates":42,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[29,35,40],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:57","sunset":"20:02","high":26,"low":13.2,"midpoint":19.5},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"female":{"records":5,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05040003","level":"watershed","records":25,"record_dates":24,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:58","sunset":"19:57","high":26.3,"low":13.7,"midpoint":19.8},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05040006","level":"watershed","records":40,"record_dates":35,"latest_month":"2025-08","season":[32,36,39],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:03","sunset":"19:53","high":27.5,"low":15,"midpoint":20.9},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05060001","level":"watershed","records":142,"record_dates":108,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[30,36,41],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:05","sunset":"19:54","high":26.8,"low":13.7,"midpoint":20.2},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":14,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05080001","level":"watershed","records":55,"record_dates":41,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:13","sunset":"19:52","high":25.9,"low":14.5,"midpoint":20},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":5,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05080002","level":"watershed","records":41,"record_dates":39,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:11","sunset":"20:03","high":28.4,"low":15.1,"midpoint":21.5},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05090202","level":"watershed","records":65,"record_dates":58,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[32,37,40],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:14","sunset":"19:52","high":27.1,"low":13.8,"midpoint":20.8},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":5,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05090203","level":"watershed","records":65,"record_dates":64,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:12","sunset":"19:59","high":27.9,"low":16.6,"midpoint":22.3},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"female":{"records":8,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"eco-329","level":"ecoregion","records":116,"record_dates":96,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[31,36,40],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:00","sunset":"19:52","high":26.5,"low":13.6,"midpoint":20.2},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"female":{"records":10,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"eco-336","level":"ecoregion","records":30,"record_dates":28,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[34,37,41],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:20","sunset":"19:44","high":27.2,"low":16.7,"midpoint":22},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":3,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"eco-342","level":"ecoregion","records":737,"record_dates":419,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[30,36,41],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:03","sunset":"19:58","high":26.8,"low":14.2,"midpoint":20.4},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":{"records":4,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"female":{"records":62,"season":[],"season_withheld":"one-year","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"ua-16885","level":"urban-area","records":100,"record_dates":90,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[31,36,41],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:13","sunset":"19:58","high":27.3,"low":16,"midpoint":21.9},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"female":{"records":10,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"ua-19234","level":"urban-area","records":86,"record_dates":63,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[31,36,41],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:05","sunset":"19:54","high":26.7,"low":13.7,"midpoint":20},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":6,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"ua-22528","level":"urban-area","records":23,"record_dates":21,"latest_month":"2025-09","season":[34,37,40],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:14","sunset":"19:51","high":26.3,"low":14.2,"midpoint":21},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":4,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"ua-87868","level":"urban-area","records":36,"record_dates":18,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[33,40,40],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"07:31","sunset":"19:17","high":24.6,"low":12,"midpoint":19.4},"flowering":null,"fruiting":null,"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":{"records":5,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null}],"ranges":[],"statuses":[],"concerns":[],"introductions":[],"recorded_in":["39001","39003","39005","39007","39011","39013","39015","39019","39021","39029","39031","39033","39035","39037","39039","39045","39047","39053","39055","39059","39063","39067","39069","39073","39075","39077","39079","39081","39083","39085","39087","39091","39093","39097","39099","39101","39105","39109","39111","39113","39115","39117","39119","39123","39129","39131","39133","39135","39141","39143","39145","39147","39155","39157","39159","39163","39165","39167","39171","39173","39175"],"below_species":[]}}