Argiope bruennichi: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the argiope bruennichi lives – recorded in 23 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Argiope bruennichi
Group	Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids
Found in	23 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Arachnid
Order	Araneida
Family	Araneidae

Where does the argiope bruennichi live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the argiope bruennichi in 23 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. In Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

France
Germany
Switzerland
Sweden (introduced)
Denmark (introduced)
Italy
United Kingdom (introduced)
Austria (introduced)
Hungary
Ukraine
Belgium (introduced)
Russia
Spain
Japan
Poland
Finland
Portugal (introduced)
Czech Republic (introduced)
Luxembourg (introduced)
Netherlands (introduced)
Norway
South Korea
Slovenia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the argiope bruennichi?

The argiope bruennichi (Argiope bruennichi) is an arachnid in the order Araneida and the family Araneidae, genus Argiope. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the 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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Argiope bruennichi (revision 1369636000), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q902450 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).