#4190 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Wasp Spider

🇳🇱 Wespenspin ·Argiope bruennichi

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

1. © Ouwesok · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © LamBZH · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Анатолий Озерной /Anatoliy Ozernoy · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Olivia Chardon · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jacko8 NoSparrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Zdeňka Nováková · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Thomas Bresson · CC BY 4.0
8. © Pascal Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Philip Mark Osso · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Cédric Mondy · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Argiope bruennichi ( wasp spider ) is a species of orb-web spider distributed throughout central Europe, northern Europe, north Africa, parts of Asia, the Azores archipelago, as well as recent sightings in North American states such as Ohio. Like many other members of the genus Argiope , (including St Andrew's Cross spiders), it shows striking yellow and black markings on its abdomen.

base stats

NL sightings 1,134iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 62,928iNaturalist 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

Spotted 1,134 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #5 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
62,928 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772 (254 years ago).