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title: "Diamond Comb-footed Spider"
description: "Cryptachaea veruculata — Insectes et araignées. Cryptachaea veruculata is a spider native to Australia and New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/diamond-comb-footed-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Diamond Comb-footed Spider

> Cryptachaea veruculata — Insectes et araignées. Cryptachaea veruculata is a spider native to Australia and New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Cryptachaea veruculata*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3485
- Wikidata: [Q2177551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2177551)
- iNaturalist taxon: [370288](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/370288)

## Names

- en: Diamond Comb-footed Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1272), NZ (629)

## Summary

Cryptachaea veruculata is a spider native to Australia and New Zealand. It has been introduced into England and Belgium. The species has potential to control spider mites and leafroller caterpillars in New Zealand.

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

## Photo

![Diamond Comb-footed Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/diamond-comb-footed-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: dianne_and_gordon_purdie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/213275479

## Machine access

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