Pointillist neoscona
The pointillist neoscona is an orb-weaving spider with a clever trick. In the daytime it sits on tree bark, so well camouflaged that it is hard to see. At night it sits in its web and shows off bright spots on its tummy, which lure insects in.
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Fun facts
The female is about 1.1 centimetres long and the male about 0.7 centimetres.
It builds round, spiral shaped webs.
In the Philippines, people hold contests where the female spiders face each other.
Most asked questions about Pointillist neoscona
?How big is the pointillist neoscona?
The female is about 11 millimetres long and the male about 7 millimetres.
?When does the pointillist neoscona hunt?
At night. During the day it hides on bark, and at night it waits in its web.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Neoscona punctigera
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Araneidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Araneidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Neoscona punctigera (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Kramthenik27. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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