Araneidae
Micrathena schreibersi (Perty, 1833)
Micrathena schreibersi (Perty, 1833)
Micrathena schreibersi, the Amazon thorn spider, is a species in the spider genus Micrathena.
Micrathena funebris (Marx, 1898)
Micrathena funebris (Marx, 1898)
Micrathena funebris is an orb weaver spider in Araneidae, found from the United States to Costa Rica.
Micrathena brevipes (O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1890)
Micrathena brevipes (O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1890)
Micrathena brevipes is a spider species found from Mexico to Panama, with distinct size and color differences between females and males.
Micrathena horrida (Taczanowski, 1873)
Micrathena horrida (Taczanowski, 1873)
Micrathena horrida is a spiny orb-weaver spider found in forests from Mexico to Argentina and the Greater Antilles.
Micrathena lucasi (Keyserling, 1864)
Micrathena lucasi (Keyserling, 1864)
Micrathena lucasi is an orb-weaver spider species from genus Micrathena, first named by Eugen von Keyserling in 1864.
Micrathena sexspinosa (Hahn, 1822)
Micrathena sexspinosa (Hahn, 1822)
Micrathena sexspinosa is a sexually dimorphic spider distributed from Mexico to Brazil, found in multiple forest habitats.
Micrathena pichincha Levi, 1985
Micrathena pichincha Levi, 1985
Micrathena pichincha is an orb-weaver spider species found in north-central Ecuador, with distinct size and physical differences between males and females.
Micrathena crassa (Keyserling, 1864)
Micrathena crassa (Keyserling, 1864)
Micrathena crassa is a medium-sized spiny orb-weaver spider found from Costa Rica to Argentina in montane cloud forests.
Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)
Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)
Argiope bruennichi is a spider species that shows distinct sexual dimorphism in body size, with small males gaining a mating fitness advantage.
Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772)
Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772)
Argiope lobata is a distinctive Argiope spider with a lobed abdomen, found across parts of Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775)
Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775)
Argiope argentata is a UV-reflecting spider species native to the Americas, ranging from Southern California to Chile and Argentina.
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833
Argiope aurantia is the widely distributed yellow garden spider, a venomous orb-weaver harmless to most non-allergic humans.
Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)
Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)
Argiope trifasciata, the banded garden spider, is a widespread orb-weaving spider originally native to the Americas.
Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805)
Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805)
Argiope australis is a sexually dimorphic orb-web spider found widely across Africa and parts of South Asia.
Argiope appensa (Walckenaer, 1841)
Argiope appensa (Walckenaer, 1841)
Argiope appensa is a sexually dimorphic orb-weaving spider found across western Pacific islands.
Argiope florida Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944
Argiope florida Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944
Argiope florida is a species of orb weaver spider found only in restricted areas of the southeastern United States.
Argiope blanda O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
Argiope blanda O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
Argiope blanda is an orb weaver spider species in Araneidae found from the US to Costa Rica.
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841)
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841)
Argiope aetherea is a common large orb-web spider, found from China to Australia, known as a St Andrew's Cross spider.
Argiope protensa L.Koch, 1872
Argiope protensa L.Koch, 1872
Argiope protensa, the tailed grass spider, is a medium-sized spider found across parts of Australia, Oceania and New Guinea.
Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Argiope keyserlingi is a St. Andrew's cross spider found across Australia and nearby Pacific islands with distinct sexual size dimorphism.
Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1841)
Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1841)
Argiope aemula is a sexually dimorphic spider found across Asia and northern Australia, identifiable by the stabilimentum in its web.
Argiope amoena L.Koch, 1878
Argiope amoena L.Koch, 1878
Argiope amoena is a sexually dimorphic orb-weaver spider with a natural East Asian distribution and an introduced population in Hawaii.
Argiope flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858)
Argiope flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858)
Argiope flavipalpis, the banded argiope spider, is an Araneidae spider found in parts of Africa and Yemen.
Argiope magnifica L.Koch, 1871
Argiope magnifica L.Koch, 1871
Argiope magnifica, the magnificent St Andrew's cross spider, is an orb web spider found in tropical Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.
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