Gasteracantha sturi
(Blunt-spined Kite Spider)

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

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Blunt-spined Kite Spider

Author

(Doleschall, 1857)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Gasteracantha sturi (Blunt-spined Kite Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 24, 2019 by Spider ID member zer0gravity. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Gasteracantha sturi sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Gasteracantha sturi spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Gasteracantha sturi has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: High foliage (1). Forest (1).