Argiope appensa
(Hawaiian Garden Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Argiope appensa, commonly known as Hawaiian Garden Spider, belongs to the genus Argiope, in the family Araneidae. Argiope appensa spiders have been sighted 13 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Argiope appensa includes 2 countries and 1 states in the United States. Argiope appensa is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Argiope
Species: Argiope appensa

Other Common Names

Hawaiian Garden Spider

Author

Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1841

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Sightings Overview

There have been 13 confirmed sightings of Argiope appensa (Hawaiian Garden Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 15, 2018 by Spider ID member bertie1981. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 13 sightings because of certain Argiope appensa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 90% of the time, Argiope appensa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 10)
Sex: 9 female and 0 male.
Environment: Argiope appensa has been sighted 9 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (3). Low foliage (3). High foliage (3).