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title: "Difoliate Orbweaver"
description: "Acacesia hamata — Insects & spiders. Acacesia hamata is a species of spider in the orb weaver family, Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/difoliate-orbweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Difoliate Orbweaver

> Acacesia hamata — Insects & spiders. Acacesia hamata is a species of spider in the orb weaver family, Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Acacesia hamata*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1640
- Wikidata: [Q2292619](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2292619)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153540](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153540)

## Names

- en: Difoliate Orbweaver
- es: Araña Tejedora de Lineas Delgadas

## Countries with the most observations

US (1205), MX (59), BR (48), NI (8), HN (6), CO (5), BZ (4), DO (4), EC (3), GF (3), PR (3)

## Summary

Acacesia hamata is a species of spider in the orb weaver family, Araneidae. It is typically found in summer months of the eastern half of the United States, south to Argentina. Acacesia hamata is the only species of Acacesia normally found in the United States.

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

## Photo

![Difoliate Orbweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/difoliate-orbweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yann Kemper · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128686327

## Machine access

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