🕷️Trichonephila clavata
Trichonephila clavata, also known as the Joro-spider , is a spider in the Trichonephila genus. Native to East Asia, it is found throughout China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, and has been spreading across North America since the 2010s. It rarely bites humans, and its venom is not medically significant.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- 0.02 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Trichonephila clavata
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body length0.02 maverageOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: female.
By sex
- Female0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Bösenberg & Strand 1906
- Female0.03 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Bösenberg & Strand 1906
- Female0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Bösenberg & Strand 1906
- Female0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Lyons et al 2025 trait data; Hoebeke et al. 2015
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Trichonephila clavata yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classArachnida
- ›orderAraneae
- ›familyAraneidae
- ›genusTrichonephila
- ›speciesTrichonephila clavata
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