🕷️Argiope bruennichi
Argiope bruennichi, commonly known as the wasp spider, is a species of orb-weaver spider found across Central and Northern Europe, several regions of Asia and Africa and the Azores. Like many other members of the same genus Argiope, this species has distinctive yellow, white and black markings on its abdomen.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Argiope bruennichi yet.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- 0.01 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Argiope bruennichi
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body length0.01 maverage0.01–0.01 m · range across sexesOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: female, male.
By sex
- Male0.01 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Body size of European spiders from Spiders of Europe; Nentwig et al. 2018
- Female0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Body size of European spiders from Spiders of Europe; Nentwig et al. 2018
- Female0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Bjørn 1997
- Female0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Levy 1998b
- Female0.01 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Levy 1998b
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Argiope bruennichi yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classArachnida
- ›orderAraneae
- ›familyAraneidae
- ›genusArgiope
- ›speciesArgiope bruennichi
- orderSpiders · Araneae
- superfamilyAraneoidea
- familyAraneidae
- genusArgiope
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumChelicerata
- orderSpiders · Araneae
- suborderAraneomorphae
- superfamilyAraneoidea
- familyAraneidae
- genusArgiope
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