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Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

613Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar1
Apr1
May4
Jun17
Jul138
Aug304
Sep120
Oct17
Nov4
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England76
2Suffolk England51
3Essex England47
4Surrey England32
5Isle of Wight England26
6Cambridgeshire England22
7Devon England19
8Norfolk England16
9Kent England14
10Somerset England13
11Cornwall England8
12Oxfordshire England7
13Gloucestershire England6
14Bath and North East Somerset England6
15Brighton and Hove England6
598 England14 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
613
Peak month
August
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Argiope bruennichi
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
158
Most recorded in
Dorset, Suffolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Araneidae
Genus
Argiope
Name with authority
Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)
Described
1772
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q902450 · GBIF 5170994