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title: "Pocock's Lampshade-web Spider"
description: "Hypochilus pococki — Insekten & Spinnen. Hypochilus pococki, or Pocock's lampshade-web spider, is a species of lampshade weaver in the family Hypochilidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/pocock-s-lampshade-web-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pocock's Lampshade-web Spider

> Hypochilus pococki — Insekten & Spinnen. Hypochilus pococki, or Pocock's lampshade-web spider, is a species of lampshade weaver in the family Hypochilidae.

- Scientific name: *Hypochilus pococki*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 941
- Wikidata: [Q2113629](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2113629)
- iNaturalist taxon: [222028](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/222028)

## Names

- en: Pocock's Lampshade-web Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (829)

## Summary

Hypochilus pococki, or Pocock's lampshade-web spider, is a species of lampshade weaver in the family Hypochilidae. It is found in the United States.

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

## Photo

![Pocock's Lampshade-web Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pocock-s-lampshade-web-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63708043

## Machine access

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