Four-spined spiny orbweaver
The four-spined spiny orbweaver is a bright little spider with a hard, shiny back. Its back is red to yellow and has a short spike at each corner. It lives in wet forests in Australia and New Guinea.
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Fun facts
It builds a round web standing up, about 1.5 metres across, and hangs in the middle waiting for food.
Most of its relatives have six spikes, but this one has only four. That is where its name comes from.
The back two spikes are a bit longer than the front two.
Its flat body is only 5 to 6 millimetres wide, not counting the spikes.
Its shiny back has a black spot and little dark dots on it.
Most asked questions about Four-spined spiny orbweaver
?Where does the four-spined spiny orbweaver live?
In wet forests in Queensland, Australia, and in New Guinea.
?How big is its web?
About 1.5 metres across, which is very big for such a small spider.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Gasteracantha quadrispinosa
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Araneidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Araneidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Four-spined jewel spider
Where the facts come from
- Gasteracantha quadrispinosa (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 Danny S.. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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