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Argiope pulchella

Featured spider picture The spider species Argiope pulchella belongs to the genus Argiope, in the family Araneidae. Argiope pulchella spiders have been sighted 4 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Argiope pulchella includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Argiope pulchella is most often sighted during the month of February.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Author

Thorell, 1881

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Sightings Overview

There have been 4 confirmed sightings of Argiope pulchella, with the most recent sighting submitted on April 10, 2019 by Spider ID member sreesh. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 4 sightings because of certain Argiope pulchella sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 100% of the time, Argiope pulchella spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 4)
  • Sex: 2 female and 0 male.
  • Environment: Argiope pulchella has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). High foliage (1).

Location and Range

Argiope pulchella has been sighted in the following countries: India.

Seasonality

Argiope pulchella has been primarily sighted during the month of February.

  • January: 1
  • February: 2
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  • April: 1
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  • Submitted Calendar iconApr 10, 2019
  • Photographed Picture iconJan 9, 2019
  • sreesh
  • Location iconTrivandrum, India
  • Comment icon2 Comments
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