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title: "Painted Cross Spider"
description: "Argiope picta — Insectos y arañas. Argiope picta es una especie de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Araneidae.​"
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/painted-cross-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Painted Cross Spider

> Argiope picta — Insectos y arañas. Argiope picta es una especie de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Araneidae.​

- Scientific name: *Argiope picta*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 959
- Wikidata: [Q1307668](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307668)
- iNaturalist taxon: [349107](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/349107)

## Names

- en: Painted Cross Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (726), ID (59), PG (12), SB (4)

## Summary

Argiope picta es una especie de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Araneidae.​

Text: Wikipedia (es), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_picta

## Photo

![Painted Cross Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/painted-cross-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192307143

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/painted-cross-spider?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).