The total length of the female Silver Argiope measures up to 12mm. It has a silver carapace. The abdomen is silver with a pair of darker longitudinal bands and is ornamented with two pair of projections along the posterior margins. This spider's legs are silver with dark bands on tibia, metatarsi, and tarsi. The male is smaller and measures up to 4mm. In contrast to the female, the male's carapace is yellowish-white with two longitudinal, dorsal indistinct brownish bands. Legs have brown bands, and the abdomen is whitish with two longitudinal dark bands; the abdomen does not have paired projections. (SDNHM)