Galapagos Species Database
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Argiope argentata
silver argiope
Most abundant in the lower Arid zone between sea-level and ca. 400m (Opuntia zone, Bursera forest). On the higher islands of Fernandina and Isabela (Cerro Azul, Volcán Darwin, Volcán Alcedo and Volcán Wolf) they are abundant in the coastal Arid zone up to ca. 600 m and in the summit Arid zone above 1000 m (inversion zone) till the summit of the volcano.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Araneoidea
Family
Araneidae
Genus
Argiope
Species
argentata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Bartolomé, Daphne Major, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Gardner near Española, Genovesa, Isabela (Volcán Beagle, Volcán Cerro Azul, Volcán Sierra Negra, Volcán Alcedo, Volcán Darwin, Volcán Wolf), Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Seymour Norte, Santa Fe.
- Baert, L.L. Malfait, J.-P., Hendrickx, F. & Desender, K. (2008) Distribution and Habitat Preference of the Spiders (Araneae) of Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 78: 39-111.
- Banks, N. (1931) The Norwegian Zoological Expedition to the Galapagos Islands 1925, Conducted by Alf Wollebaek 1. Arachnida. Medd. Zool. Mus., Oslo 22: 271-278.
- Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. & Desender, K. (1989) Results of the Belgian 1986-expedition: Araneae, and Provisional Checklist of the Spiders of the Galápagos Archipelago. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 58: 29-54.
- Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (1986) A Contributution to the Knowledge of the Spider Fauna of Galápagos (Ecuador). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 56: 93-123.
- Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (2000) Check List of the Described Spider Species of the Galápagos Archipelago (Araneae). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 70: 243-245.
- Roth, V.D. Craig, P.R. (1970) Arachnida of the Galápagos Islands (Excluding Acarina). Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965), 2: 107-124.
- Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.P. & Desender, K. (1989) Results of the Belgian 1988-expedition to the Galápagos Islands: Araneae. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 59: 5-22.
- Desender, K. Baert, L., Maelfait, J.-P. & Verdyck P. (1990) Conservation on Volcan Alcedo (Galapagos): terrestrial invertebrates and the impact of introduced feral goats. Biological Conservation 87: 303-310.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Argiope argentata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5553. Accessed 2 August 2025.