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title: "Bird-dropping Spider"
description: "Cyrtarachne inaequalis — Insects & spiders. Cyrtarachne inaequalis is a species of spider in the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae, found in India, Myanmar, China and Korea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/bird-dropping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bird-dropping Spider

> Cyrtarachne inaequalis — Insects & spiders. Cyrtarachne inaequalis is a species of spider in the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae, found in India, Myanmar, China and Korea.

- Scientific name: *Cyrtarachne inaequalis*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 647
- Wikidata: [Q2060021](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2060021)
- iNaturalist taxon: [360439](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/360439)

## Names

- en: Bird-dropping Spider

## Countries with the most observations

KR (149), TW (79), SG (21), HK (14), CN (8), ID (4), IN (3)

## Summary

Cyrtarachne inaequalis is a species of spider in the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae, found in India, Myanmar, China and Korea. Spiders in the genus Cyrtarachne construct "spanning-thread webs" rather than the more typical orb webs of the family Araneidae. These webs have a small number of radii and instead of a tight spiral of sticky threads, the sticky spanning threads are widely spaced and do not form a spiral. When prey is caught on one of the spanning threads, one end comes loose, and the prey, often a moth, dangles from the other end until hauled in by the spider.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtarachne_inaequalis

## Photo

![Bird-dropping Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bird-dropping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: chiachiwu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47376128

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bird-dropping-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).