Wasp spider
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Wasp spiders can be seen from late summer through autumn.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Wasp spider
- Scientific name
- Argiope bruennichi
- Japanese name
- ナガコガネグモ
- Group
- Tiny animals
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Araneidae
- Genus
- Argiope
A spider that lives in grasslands, woods and rice paddies. In Japan it is found from Hokkaido to the Nansei Islands.
Its abdomen is long and slender with yellow and black stripes. Females are much larger than males.
Basic data
- Size
- Body length: females 20–25 mm, males 8–12 mm
- Range
- Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and the Nansei Islands
Where the Wasp spider has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ナガコガネグモ
- 简体中文
- 横纹金蛛
- 繁體中文
- 橫紋金蛛
- 한국어
- 긴호랑거미
- Español
- Araña tigre
- Français
- Argiope frelon
- Deutsch
- Wespenspinne
- Português (Brasil)
- Cesteira-Vespão
- Italiano
- Ragno vespa
- العربية
- عنكبوت الزنبور
- Русский
- Аргиопа Брюнниха
- Türkçe
- Yabanarısı örümceği
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- まちだエコライフ推進公社 — まちだのいきものたち ナガコガネグモChecked: 2026-11-04
- 守山市 — 美崎公園とその周辺の自然（クモのなかま）Checked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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