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title: "White porch spider"
description: "Cryptachaea gigantipes — Insects & spiders. Cryptachaea gigantipes, known vernacularly as the white porch spider, is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-porch-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# White porch spider

> Cryptachaea gigantipes — Insects & spiders. Cryptachaea gigantipes, known vernacularly as the white porch spider, is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae.

- Scientific name: *Cryptachaea gigantipes*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 3286
- Wikidata: [Q21255675](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21255675)
- iNaturalist taxon: [411157](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/411157)

## Names

- en: White porch spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2054), NZ (668)

## Summary

Cryptachaea gigantipes, known vernacularly as the white porch spider, is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. It is native to south-eastern Australia and is an introduced species in New Zealand.

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

## Photo

![White porch spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-porch-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Berit · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17267759

## Machine access

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