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title: "Wespspin"
description: "Argiope bruennichi — Insecten en spinnen. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/wasp-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Wespspin

> Argiope bruennichi — Insecten en spinnen. 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.

- Scientific name: *Argiope bruennichi*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 61750
- Wikidata: [Q902450](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902450)
- iNaturalist taxon: [50867](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/50867)

## Names

- en: Wasp Spider
- de: Wespenspinne
- es: Araña tigre
- fr: Argiope frelon
- nl: Wespspin
- pl: Tygrzyk paskowany

## Countries with the most observations

DE (9960), FR (9308), IT (6062), AT (3555), RU (3300), ES (3018), GB (2557), PL (2423), CZ (2221), DK (2143), UA (1851), JP (1380)

## Summary

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

## Photo

![Wespspin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wasp-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: T. Pedro Hafermann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/385866435

## Machine access

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