Nephilengys malabarensis
(Asian Hermit Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Nephilengys malabarensis, commonly known as Asian Hermit Spider, belongs to the genus Nephilengys, in the family Araneidae. Nephilengys malabarensis spiders have been sighted 4 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Nephilengys malabarensis includes 4 countries and 0 states in the United States. Nephilengys malabarensis is most often sighted during the month of March.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Nephilengys
Species: Nephilengys malabarensis

Other Common Names

Asian Hermit Spider

Author

(Walckenaer, 1841)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 4 confirmed sightings of Nephilengys malabarensis (Asian Hermit Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 23, 2019 by Spider ID member geonyzl. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 4 sightings because of certain Nephilengys malabarensis sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Nephilengys malabarensis spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 4)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Nephilengys malabarensis has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2).