Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Araneidae (Orbweaver spiders)
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola, female
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2006-02-27 16:00:01
Image number: 3476
female
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2006-02-27 16:00:01
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2010-03-02 14:25:43
Image number: 3482
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2010-03-02 14:25:43
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola, bottom view
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2010-03-01 14:00:15
Image number: 3480
bottom view
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2010-03-01 14:00:15
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola, female with egg cocoon
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2010-03-01 14:01:14
Image number: 3481
female with egg cocoon
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2010-03-01 14:01:14
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola, with exuvia
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2013-04-11 10:25:50
Image number: 6001
with exuvia
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2013-04-11 10:25:50
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola, female
ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera; 2009-09-16 14:00:59
Image number: 3580
female
ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera
2009-09-16 14:00:59
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola, egg cocoons
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2006-03-01 15:08:32
Image number: 3477
egg cocoons
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2006-03-01 15:08:32
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola, cocoon with spiderlings
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2008-02-21 17:53:15
Image number: 3478
cocoon with spiderlings
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2008-02-21 17:53:15
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola, spider webs
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2006-03-08 10:11:12
Image number: 3475
spider webs
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2006-03-08 10:11:12
Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775)
Opuntienspinne Tropical Tent-web Spider
Cyrtophora citricola, spider webs
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2013-12-05 10:44:12
Image number: 6565
spider webs
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2013-12-05 10:44:12
Distribution:
Southern Europe, Canary Islands, Africa, Middle East, Pakistan, India, China, Japan. Introduced to Dominican Rep., Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil.
References, further reading, links:
- Kropf C., Nentwig W., Blick T. & Gloor D. (organizing board). (2019). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5
- Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (2015): Wiki des Spinnen-Forums
