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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Argiope bruennichi

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Araneidae

Genus

Argiope

Species

Argiope bruennichi

Arachnida❔ Diet unknown

Wasp spider

Argiope bruennichi (Wasp spider · ナガコガネグモ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)NE (Not Evaluated)

Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

No data

Length · Height

2~2.5cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Grassy thickets in mountains or fields, and moist places such as rice paddies and crop fields

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 A 25 mm female is similar in size to the diameter of a 500-won coin (26.5 mm).
💡 From August to October, its vertical webs featuring a zigzag stabilimentum can be seen in rice fields and grassy thickets (National List of Species of Korea).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#긴호랑거미#Argiope bruennichi

📖 1. Overview

The wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) is a spider with distinct yellow and black transverse stripes that spins vertical orb webs in thickets and rice fields.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its abdomen is an elongated cone shape with bright yellow and dark brown transverse stripes on the dorsal surface. The legs are yellowish-brown with dark blackish-brown ring markings at the end of each segment, and females are larger than males.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It spins a vertical orb web, and juveniles build a zigzag-shaped stabilimentum in the center. The egg sac is shaped like a dark brown jar and is hung among tree branches or in grassy thickets to overwinter.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

According to the National List of Species of Korea, there are records from Gangwon, Gyeonggi, Chungbuk, Gyeongbuk, and Jeonbuk provinces, and it is distributed across Korea, Japan, China, Mongolia, Russia, and Europe.