---
title: "Masked Vlei Spider"
description: "Leucauge festiva — Insectes et araignées. Leucauge festiva is a species of spider in the family Tetragnathidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/masked-vlei-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Masked Vlei Spider

> Leucauge festiva — Insectes et araignées. Leucauge festiva is a species of spider in the family Tetragnathidae.

- Scientific name: *Leucauge festiva*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1103
- Wikidata: [Q2568138](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2568138)
- iNaturalist taxon: [207597](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207597)

## Names

- en: Masked Vlei Spider

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (854), MG (9)

## Summary

Leucauge festiva is a species of spider in the family Tetragnathidae. It is commonly known as the festiva silver vlei spider.

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

## Photo

![Masked Vlei Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/masked-vlei-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: AdventureLisa · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102920830

## Machine access

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