Kogane spider
The kogane spider is a big striped spider from East Asia. The female's body has yellow and dark brown bands across it. She builds a round web with a white X shape zigzagging through the middle.
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The female is about 2 to 3 centimetres long, but the male is only about half a centimetre.
The male is darker than the female and does not have her bright stripes.
It hangs its web between trees and bushes in sunny spots in mountains and grassland.
Its legs are greyish brown with black rings and lots of spines.
Most asked questions about Kogane spider
?What is the X in the kogane spider's web?
It is a thick white zigzag of silk that the spider weaves into the middle of its web.
?How big is the kogane spider?
The female is about 2 to 3 centimetres long. The male is much smaller.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Argiope amoena
- Named by
- Koch, 1878
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Araneidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Araneidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Argiope amoena (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by unknown author. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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