Kidney garden spider

The kidney garden spider is a small, round orb-weaver spider from Asia. On its back it has a big mark shaped like a kidney bean, and from the front the pattern can even look like a little face. It hides in a rolled-up leaf next to its web.

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Fun facts
Its round web always has one slice missing, like a pie with one piece taken out.
A single long thread runs through the missing slice to its leaf hideout. When an insect gets stuck, the thread shakes and the spider rushes out.
Its tummy is green underneath.
Its first name comes from the Japanese word bijo, which means beautiful lady.
The males are smaller and less colourful, and they build their own small webs near the females.
Most asked questions about Kidney garden spider
?Why is it called the kidney garden spider?
Because it has a big kidney-shaped mark on its back.
?How big is the kidney garden spider?
Females are about 6 to 9 millimetres long, and males only 3 to 5 millimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Bijoaraneus mitificus
- Named by
- Simon, 1886
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Araneidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Araneidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Pale orb weaver
Where the facts come from
- Bijoaraneus mitificus (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 unknown author. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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