Gasteracantha kuhli
(Black-and-white Spiny Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Gasteracantha kuhli, commonly known as Black-and-white Spiny Spider, belongs to the genus Gasteracantha, in the family Araneidae. Gasteracantha kuhli spiders have been sighted 1 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Gasteracantha kuhli includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Gasteracantha kuhli is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of October.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Gasteracantha
Species: Gasteracantha kuhli

Other Common Names

Black and White Spiny Spider

Author

C. L. Koch, 1837

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Gasteracantha kuhli (Black-and-white Spiny Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on March 19, 2019 by Spider ID member chetryakash. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Gasteracantha kuhli sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Gasteracantha kuhli spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Gasteracantha kuhli has been sighted 1 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (1).