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title: "Silver Orb Spider"
description: "Leucauge dromedaria — Insectes et araignées. Leucauge dromedaria, the humped silver orb spider, is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/silver-orb-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Silver Orb Spider

> Leucauge dromedaria — Insectes et araignées. Leucauge dromedaria, the humped silver orb spider, is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders.

- Scientific name: *Leucauge dromedaria*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6762
- Wikidata: [Q2299272](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2299272)
- iNaturalist taxon: [368474](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/368474)

## Names

- en: Silver Orb Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4332), NZ (827), NC (5), NF (3)

## Summary

Leucauge dromedaria, the humped silver orb spider, is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders. 
A medium to large sized orb weaving spider, with a body length up to 15 mm long (female). Male to 6 mm. This species has a second pair of "humps" on the abdomen. Found in Australia, some south Pacific Islands and New Zealand.

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

## Photo

![Silver Orb Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silver-orb-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jake B · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260119200

## Machine access

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