#4401 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Silver Garden Orbweaver

🇳🇱 Zilveren tijgerspin ·Argiope argentata

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Nathan J Taylor · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nathan J Taylor · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Andrea Kreuzhage · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jaico Caballero · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Claire O'Neill · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Manuel Vicente Miranda del Solar · CC BY 4.0
7. © Carlos De Soto Molinari · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Dick Culbert · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Argiope argentata is a species of spider in the family Araneidae (orb-weavers), found from the United States south to Chile and Argentina. It is a member of the Argiope genus and is commonly known as the silver argiope .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 52,895iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
52,895 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).