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title: "Common Kitespider"
description: "Gasteracantha versicolor — Insetti e ragni. Gasteracantha versicolor is a species of diurnal orb weaver spider in the family Araneidae, found in Central, East, and Southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-kitespider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Kitespider

> Gasteracantha versicolor — Insetti e ragni. Gasteracantha versicolor is a species of diurnal orb weaver spider in the family Araneidae, found in Central, East, and Southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Gasteracantha versicolor*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 643
- Wikidata: [Q1396069](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396069)
- iNaturalist taxon: [366853](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/366853)

## Names

- en: Common Kitespider

## Countries with the most observations

MG (227), ZA (137), TZ (16), MW (8), SZ (6), KE (4)

## Summary

Gasteracantha versicolor is a species of diurnal orb weaver spider in the family Araneidae, found in Central, East, and Southern Africa. It is commonly known as the common kite spider.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7019482

## Machine access

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