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title: "Bogota Giant Fishing Spider"
description: "Ancylometes bogotensis — Insectos y arañas. Ancylometes bogotensis is a species of spider in the family Ancylometidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/bogota-giant-fishing-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bogota Giant Fishing Spider

> Ancylometes bogotensis — Insectos y arañas. Ancylometes bogotensis is a species of spider in the family Ancylometidae.

- Scientific name: *Ancylometes bogotensis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 2200
- Wikidata: [Q5722876](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5722876)
- iNaturalist taxon: [513835](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/513835)

## Names

- en: Bogota Giant Fishing Spider

## Countries with the most observations

CR (468), PA (254), HN (82), NI (56), CO (53), TT (51), BR (33), BZ (13), MX (13), EC (10), VE (8), GT (5)

## Summary

Ancylometes bogotensis is a species of spider in the family Ancylometidae. It is widely distributed across northern and western South America and Central America, ranging from Honduras to Bolivia.

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

## Photo

![Bogota Giant Fishing Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bogota-giant-fishing-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: mularo1 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186282137

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bogota-giant-fishing-spider?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).