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title: "Common Garbage-Line Web Spider"
description: "Cyclosa insulana — Insects & spiders. Cyclosa insulana is a species of orb-weaver spider in the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-garbage-line-web-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Garbage-Line Web Spider

> Cyclosa insulana — Insects & spiders. Cyclosa insulana is a species of orb-weaver spider in the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Cyclosa insulana*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1914
- Wikidata: [Q632021](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q632021)
- iNaturalist taxon: [560706](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/560706)

## Names

- en: Common Garbage-Line Web Spider
- fr: Cyclosa insulaire

## Countries with the most observations

ES (209), ZA (163), PT (75), IT (54), ID (43), SG (32), TH (32), IN (27), GR (21), TW (14), MY (12), PH (12)

## Summary

Cyclosa insulana is a species of orb-weaver spider in the family Araneidae. Its distribution ranges from the Mediterranean region eastward to Japan, India to Papua New Guinea, Australia, and parts of Africa including St. Helena, South Africa, and Eswatini.

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

## Photo

![Common Garbage-Line Web Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-garbage-line-web-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jimmy Whatmore · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139409569

## Machine access

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