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title: "Joro Spider"
description: "Trichonephila clavata — Insecten en spinnen. Trichonephila clavata, also known as the Joro-spider (ジョロウグモ, Jorō-gumo), is a spider in the Trichonephila genus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/joro-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Joro Spider

> Trichonephila clavata — Insecten en spinnen. Trichonephila clavata, also known as the Joro-spider (ジョロウグモ, Jorō-gumo), is a spider in the Trichonephila genus.

- Scientific name: *Trichonephila clavata*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 29022
- Wikidata: [Q104386227](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104386227)
- iNaturalist taxon: [904334](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/904334)

## Names

- en: Joro Spider
- es: Araña asiática joro

## Countries with the most observations

US (15255), JP (5497), KR (2534), CN (1742), TW (1582), IN (271), NP (150), VN (77), BT (33), TH (16), MM (14), HK (11)

## Summary

Trichonephila clavata, also known as the Joro-spider (ジョロウグモ, Jorō-gumo), is a spider in the Trichonephila genus. Native to East Asia, it is found throughout China, Japan (except Hokkaidō), Korea, and Taiwan, and has been spreading across North America since the 2010s. It rarely bites humans, and its venom is not medically significant.
In 2019, this species was moved from the genus Nephila to Trichonephila, along with ten other species.

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

## Photo

![Joro Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/joro-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Phillip Salzinger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235640502

## Machine access

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