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title: "Hawaiian Garden Spider"
description: "Argiope appensa — Insecten en spinnen. Argiope appensa, also referred to as the Hawaiian garden spider or banana spider, is an orb-weaving spider belonging to the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/hawaiian-garden-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Hawaiian Garden Spider

> Argiope appensa — Insecten en spinnen. Argiope appensa, also referred to as the Hawaiian garden spider or banana spider, is an orb-weaving spider belonging to the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Argiope appensa*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 7466
- Wikidata: [Q1304668](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1304668)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119110](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119110)

## Names

- en: Hawaiian Garden Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (4261), GU (1198), ID (739), PH (276), MP (108), PW (77), FM (26), MH (19), TL (9), MY (5), PG (4)

## Summary

Argiope appensa, also referred to as the Hawaiian garden spider or banana spider, is an orb-weaving spider belonging to the family Araneidae.

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

## Photo

![Hawaiian Garden Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hawaiian-garden-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steve Wells · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4669830

## Machine access

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