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title: "Lesser Bird-dropping Spider"
description: "Cyrtarachne bufo — Insetti e ragni. Cyrtarachne bufo is a species of spider in the family Araneidae (orb-weaver spiders)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/lesser-bird-dropping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Bird-dropping Spider

> Cyrtarachne bufo — Insetti e ragni. Cyrtarachne bufo is a species of spider in the family Araneidae (orb-weaver spiders).

- Scientific name: *Cyrtarachne bufo*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 409
- Wikidata: [Q2196507](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2196507)
- iNaturalist taxon: [360611](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/360611)

## Names

- en: Lesser Bird-dropping Spider

## Countries with the most observations

TW (44), HK (36), IN (18), JP (17), CN (10), TH (6), KR (4)

## Summary

Cyrtarachne bufo is a species of spider in the family Araneidae (orb-weaver spiders). It is found in China, Korea, and Japan. The species is commonly known as the lesser bird-dropping spider due to its appearance and behavior that mimics bird droppings.
The specific epithet bufo means "toad" in Latin, referring to the spider's warty appearance.

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

## Photo

![Lesser Bird-dropping Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-bird-dropping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: chiachiwu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16475733

## Machine access

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