#4355 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Spinybacked Orbweaver

Gasteracantha cancriformis

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © kenbuchholz · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Kimberlie Sasan · CC BY-ND 4.0
3. © Meghan Cassidy · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © John C. · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Meghan Cassidy · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Dinner Island, Florida 33440, USA:© Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Arica, Arica y Parinacota, Chile:© MatiasG · CC BY-ND 4.0
8. Rockwall, TX, USA:© Meghan Cassidy · CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Кировский р-н, Санкт-Петербург, Россия:© melnikov_denis · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. La Trinité, , Martinique, MQ:© Norbert VERNEAU · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Gasteracantha cancriformis is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae). It is widely distributed in the New World.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 54,248iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
54,248 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).