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title: "Medium-wing Kitespider"
description: "Gasteracantha milvoides — Insectes et araignées. Gasteracantha milvoides is an African species of spider in the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/medium-wing-kitespider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Medium-wing Kitespider

> Gasteracantha milvoides — Insectes et araignées. Gasteracantha milvoides is an African species of spider in the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Gasteracantha milvoides*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 392
- Wikidata: [Q2644534](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2644534)
- iNaturalist taxon: [342135](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/342135)

## Names

- en: Medium-wing Kitespider

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (137), KE (22), ZW (17), MZ (13), TZ (11), MW (10), SZ (8)

## Summary

Gasteracantha milvoides is an African species of spider in the family Araneidae. It is commonly known as the medium wing kite spider.

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

## Photo

![Medium-wing Kitespider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/medium-wing-kitespider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117847944

## Machine access

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