---
title: "Amazon Thorn Spider"
description: "Micrathena schreibersi — Insectes et araignées. Micrathena schreibersi, also known by its common name Amazon thorn spider, is a species from the genus Micrathena."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/amazon-thorn-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amazon Thorn Spider

> Micrathena schreibersi — Insectes et araignées. Micrathena schreibersi, also known by its common name Amazon thorn spider, is a species from the genus Micrathena.

- Scientific name: *Micrathena schreibersi*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1730
- Wikidata: [Q4286999](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4286999)
- iNaturalist taxon: [205940](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/205940)

## Names

- en: Amazon Thorn Spider

## Countries with the most observations

EC (409), BR (407), GF (249), CO (205), PA (116), CR (58), PE (51), TT (49), SR (20), GY (8), VE (5), BO (3)

## Summary

Micrathena schreibersi, also known by its common name Amazon thorn spider, is a species from the genus Micrathena.

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

## Photo

![Amazon Thorn Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/amazon-thorn-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allan Harris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19166031

## Machine access

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