Website forms and recording
The Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi is the next most successful, with 60 British records submitted
so far this year as well as ones from Guernsey, France, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Greece and the
USA. They are mostly from existing centres of population, but l have also had especially useful
ones from people in the Colchester area and Suffolk supported by enough information or a photo to
confirm the observation. An indication of the spread of this species, which was first recorded in
Essex in 1997, and the success of the website forms is provided by Figures 2-4.
Fig. 2. Argiope bruennichi records in Harvey et al. (2002)
Fig, 3. Argiope bruennichi records via the website in 2004
Essex Naturalist (New Series) 21 (2004)
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