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title: "Garden tent-web spider"
description: "Cyrtophora cicatrosa — Insekten & Spinnen. Cyrtophora cicatrosa, commonly known as the garden tent-web spider or dome spider, is a common species of orb-weavers found in many parts of Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/garden-tent-web-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Garden tent-web spider

> Cyrtophora cicatrosa — Insekten & Spinnen. Cyrtophora cicatrosa, commonly known as the garden tent-web spider or dome spider, is a common species of orb-weavers found in many parts of Asia.

- Scientific name: *Cyrtophora cicatrosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 2728
- Wikidata: [Q2359980](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2359980)
- iNaturalist taxon: [542396](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/542396)

## Names

- en: Garden tent-web spider

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1358), LK (61), ID (56), PH (29), BD (27), SG (22), TH (20), HK (15), MV (8), MM (7), AU (6), MY (5)

## Summary

Cyrtophora cicatrosa, commonly known as the garden tent-web spider or dome spider, is a common species of orb-weavers found in many parts of Asia. It is common in gardens and has a very dense, thick, three dimensional and strong tent-like web.

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

## Photo

![Garden tent-web spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/garden-tent-web-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112496636

## Machine access

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