Argiope lobata
(Lobed Argiope)

Featured spider picture The spider species Argiope lobata, commonly known as Lobed Argiope, belongs to the genus Argiope, in the family Araneidae. Argiope lobata spiders have been sighted 13 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Argiope lobata includes 10 countries and 0 states in the United States. Argiope lobata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of July.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Lobed Argiope

Author

Pallas, 1772

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Sightings Overview

There have been 13 confirmed sightings of Argiope lobata (Lobed Argiope), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 23, 2019 by Spider ID member markus. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 13 sightings because of certain Argiope lobata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 69% of the time, Argiope lobata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 13)
Sex: 2 female and 0 male.
Environment: Argiope lobata has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). Low foliage (6). High foliage (1). Under rock or debris (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (1). Desert area (1).

Location and Range

Argiope lobata (Lobed Argiope) has been sighted in the following countries: Algeria, Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey.