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title: "Four-spined Spiny Orbweaver"
description: "Gasteracantha quadrispinosa — Insetti e ragni. Gasteracantha quadrispinosa, the four-spined jewel spider, is a brightly coloured species of spider in the spiny orb-weaver genus Gasteracantha."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/four-spined-spiny-orbweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Four-spined Spiny Orbweaver

> Gasteracantha quadrispinosa — Insetti e ragni. Gasteracantha quadrispinosa, the four-spined jewel spider, is a brightly coloured species of spider in the spiny orb-weaver genus Gasteracantha.

- Scientific name: *Gasteracantha quadrispinosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 1081
- Wikidata: [Q2471556](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2471556)
- iNaturalist taxon: [337496](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/337496)

## Names

- en: Four-spined Spiny Orbweaver

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1058)

## Summary

Gasteracantha quadrispinosa, the four-spined jewel spider, is a brightly coloured species of spider in the spiny orb-weaver genus Gasteracantha. It occurs in wet forests of Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea, where it builds vertical orb webs approximately 1.5 m across and hangs in the centre of the web to wait for prey.

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

## Photo

![Four-spined Spiny Orbweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/four-spined-spiny-orbweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/299170392

## Machine access

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