---
title: "Tygrzyk paskowany"
description: "Argiope bruennichi — Owady i pająki. 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/pl/animal/wasp-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tygrzyk paskowany

> Argiope bruennichi — Owady i pająki. 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` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- 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

![Tygrzyk paskowany](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=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).