Invisible spider
The invisible spider is a tiny spider that lives on tree trunks. Its body is only about 3 millimetres long. With its mottled body and stripy legs, it is very hard to spot.
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Fun facts
Its web is made of silk so fine that you can only see it when light hits it at just the right angle.
It looks as if it is sitting on the bark, but really all eight legs are standing on its almost invisible web.
It usually sits very still on its web.
It belongs to a family of very small spiders, and even among them it is tiny.
Most asked questions about Invisible spider
?Is the invisible spider really invisible?
No, but it is very hard to see. It is tiny, its colours match the bark and its web is almost see-through.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Drapetisca socialis
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Linyphiidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Linyphiidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Drapetisca socialis (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 AfroBrazilian. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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