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#4371 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Lobed Argiope

Argiope lobata

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in Europe, not in NL
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © David Sandler · CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. © javixu · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © javixu · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Rudolph Steenkamp · CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. © Roman · CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. © javixu · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © Roman · CC BY 4.0
  8. 8. © megadrazen · CC BY-NC 4.0
Lobed Argiope, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © David Sandler · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Argiope lobata is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It has a wide distribution encompassing the whole of Africa and stretching to southern Europe and into Asia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 8,490iNaturalist 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.
  • 8,490 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1772 (254 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Lobed Argiope
scientific name
Argiope lobata
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Araneidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
6,661
sightings worldwide
8,490
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1772 by Peter Simon Pallas

relatives· Araneidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 56525, Wikidata Q976578, GBIF 5170978, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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