# Argiope pulchella at Nayikayam Thattu

- By: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India
- Date: 6 December 2014
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Argiope_pulchella_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/c/c4/Argiope_pulchella_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg/1920px-Argiope_pulchella_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Argiope pulchella is a species of Orb Spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It ranges from India to China and can be found on Java. It builds a web with a zig-zag stabilimentum. This species has a pentagonal opisthosoma (abdomen).

The small spider tickling on her leg IV (shuddering) is a male.