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title: "Black Tail Spider"
description: "Arachnura melanura — Insekten & Spinnen. Arachnura melanura, also known as scorpion tailed orb-weaver, black tail spider and drag tail spider is a species of spider in the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/black-tail-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Tail Spider

> Arachnura melanura — Insekten & Spinnen. Arachnura melanura, also known as scorpion tailed orb-weaver, black tail spider and drag tail spider is a species of spider in the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Arachnura melanura*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 593
- Wikidata: [Q1314263](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1314263)
- iNaturalist taxon: [715179](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/715179)

## Names

- en: Black Tail Spider

## Countries with the most observations

TW (112), IN (10), HK (6), ID (6), PH (5), MY (4)

## Summary

Arachnura melanura, also known as scorpion tailed orb-weaver, black tail spider and drag tail spider is a species of spider in the family Araneidae. It ranges from India to Japan to Sulawesi. It camouflages itself by mimicking fallen flowers, dead leaves and twigs. It replaces the capture spiral of its web daily.

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

## Photo

![Black Tail Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tail-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: chiachiwu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65321152

## Machine access

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