---
title: "Spiny Orb-Weaver Spider"
description: "Gasteracantha diadesmia — Insects & spiders. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spiny-orb-weaver-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spiny Orb-Weaver Spider

> Gasteracantha diadesmia — Insects & spiders. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Gasteracantha diadesmia*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 867
- Wikidata: [Q2234279](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2234279)
- iNaturalist taxon: [429297](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/429297)

## Names

- en: Spiny Orb-Weaver Spider

## Countries with the most observations

TH (156), ID (117), CN (102), VN (94), IN (87), SG (42), LA (26), MY (12), KH (10), MM (3)

## Photo

![Spiny Orb-Weaver Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spiny-orb-weaver-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Holle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/365371356

## Machine access

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