Araneidae
Phonognatha graeffei (Keyserling, 1865)
Phonognatha graeffei (Keyserling, 1865)
Phonognatha graeffei, the leaf curling spider, is a common Australian orb-weaver known for its curled leaf web shelter.
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)
Zygiella x-notata is a widespread orb-weaving spider best known for building characteristic missing-sector orb webs.
Zygiella atrica (C.L.Koch, 1845)
Zygiella atrica (C.L.Koch, 1845)
Zygiella atrica is a brown spider species that lives away from humans, and its eggs are lethal to mice.
Zygiella dispar (Kulczyński, 1885)
Zygiella dispar (Kulczyński, 1885)
Zygiella dispar is an orb weaver spider in the family Araneidae, moved to Zygiella from Parazygiella in 2015.
Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793)
Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793)
Nephila pilipes is a spider with extreme sexual size dimorphism, found across East, South, Southeast Asia and Oceania in diverse habitats.
Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1841)
Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1841)
Nephilengys malabarensis is a sexually dimorphic large orb-weaver spider found across South, Southeast, and East Asia.
Nephilengys papuana Thorell, 1881
Nephilengys papuana Thorell, 1881
Nephilengys papuana is a spider species from New Guinea and tropical Australia where males likely self-emasculate after copulation.
Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859)
Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859)
Herennia multipuncta is an invasive synanthropic spider native to tropical southern Asia, with distinct size differences between males and females.
Nephilingis cruentata (Fabricius, 1775)
Nephilingis cruentata (Fabricius, 1775)
Nephilingis cruentata is a sexually dimorphic orb-weaving spider native to Africa and introduced to parts of South America.
Nephilingis livida (Vinson, 1863)
Nephilingis livida (Vinson, 1863)
Nephilingis livida is a spider species found in Madagascar and nearby islands, showing clear size and appearance differences between sexes.
Trichonephila antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1841)
Trichonephila antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1841)
Trichonephila antipodiana is a sexually dimorphic golden orb-weaver found in Indo-Pacific habitats that builds ant-deterrent golden silk webs.
Trichonephila clavata (L.Koch, 1878)
Trichonephila clavata (L.Koch, 1878)
Trichonephila clavata is a large orb-weaving spider that is eaten as food by the Ao-Nagas.
Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)
Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)
Trichonephila clavipes is a sexually dimorphic orb-weaver spider found across the Americas, whose silk is studied for surgical nerve regeneration.
Trichonephila edulis (Labillardière, 1799)
Trichonephila edulis (Labillardière, 1799)
Trichonephila edulis, the Australian golden orb weaver, is a large edible spider found across parts of Oceania and Indonesia.
Trichonephila fenestrata (Thorell, 1859)
Trichonephila fenestrata (Thorell, 1859)
Trichonephila fenestrata is a southern African golden orb-web spider, with males that autotomize legs to counter sexual cannibalism.
Trichonephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1841)
Trichonephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1841)
Trichonephila inaurata, the red-legged golden orb-weaver, is a Trichonephila spider native to Africa and western Indian Ocean islands.
Trichonephila plumipes (Latreille, 1804)
Trichonephila plumipes (Latreille, 1804)
Trichonephila plumipes is a spider with distinct sexual dimorphism that stores prey in its web, unaffected by kleptoparasite abundance.
Trichonephila senegalensis (Walckenaer, 1841)
Trichonephila senegalensis (Walckenaer, 1841)
Trichonephila senegalensis, the banded-legged golden orb-web spider, is an African endemic orb-weaving spider that builds large golden webs.
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