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title: "Toadlike Bolas Spider"
description: "Mastophora phrynosoma — Insectos y arañas. Mastophora phrynosoma is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/toadlike-bolas-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Toadlike Bolas Spider

> Mastophora phrynosoma — Insectos y arañas. Mastophora phrynosoma is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Mastophora phrynosoma*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 440
- Wikidata: [Q4277206](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4277206)
- iNaturalist taxon: [474149](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/474149)

## Names

- en: Toadlike Bolas Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (331), CA (34)

## Summary

Mastophora phrynosoma is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in the United States. Like all known species of the genus Mastophora, adult females are bolas spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.

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

## Photo

![Toadlike Bolas Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/toadlike-bolas-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jack Andrew · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/398243783

## Machine access

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