none. Overwintering egg cases of the black and yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia Lucas (Araneae: Araneidae), were observed during the late winter and early spring of 1985, 1986, and 1987 in Washington County, Mississippi (USA). Of 120 egg cases monitored in the field in 1985, only three remained undamaged by the period of peak spiderling emergence in May. An additional 115 field-collected egg cases were observed in the laboratory in 1985. A total of 23,840 A. aurantia spiderlings emerged from the lab egg cases (mean = 341), with 1212 spiderlings emerging from one undamaged egg case. Adults or pupae of either the parasitic ichneumonid wasp, Tromatobia rufopectus (Cr.), or the parasitic chloropid fly, Pseudogaurax signatus (Loew), emerged from 56% of the field-collected egg cases. Nineteen species of insects, representing 19 genera, 15 families and 5 orders were collected from lab-reared egg cases in 1985. In addition, 11 species of spiders were recovered from A. aurantia egg cases. In 1985, 97% of the egg cases observed in the field showed evidence of bird damage. In both 1986 and 1987, 100% of the egg cases were damaged by birds.