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title: "Madagascar Hermit Spider"
description: "Nephilingis livida — Insectos y arañas. Nephilingis livida is an nephilid spider from Madagascar and nearby islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/madagascar-hermit-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Madagascar Hermit Spider

> Nephilingis livida — Insectos y arañas. Nephilingis livida is an nephilid spider from Madagascar and nearby islands.

- Scientific name: *Nephilingis livida*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 815
- Wikidata: [Q27503021](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27503021)
- iNaturalist taxon: [485722](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/485722)

## Names

- en: Madagascar Hermit Spider

## Countries with the most observations

MG (615), SC (24), YT (22), KM (3)

## Summary

Nephilingis livida is an nephilid spider from Madagascar and nearby islands. It was found to be separate from the related species Nephilingis borbonica in 2011

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

## Photo

![Madagascar Hermit Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/madagascar-hermit-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218849093

## Machine access

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