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title: "Pretty Orbweaver"
description: "Eriophora nephiloides — Insetti e ragni. Eriophora nephiloides is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae first described in Biologia Centrali-Americana: Arachnida-Aranediea by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1889."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/pretty-orbweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pretty Orbweaver

> Eriophora nephiloides — Insetti e ragni. Eriophora nephiloides is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae first described in Biologia Centrali-Americana: Arachnida-Aranediea by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1889.

- Scientific name: *Eriophora nephiloides*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1031
- Wikidata: [Q2356360](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2356360)
- iNaturalist taxon: [487192](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/487192)

## Names

- en: Pretty Orbweaver

## Countries with the most observations

CR (497), EC (117), PA (113), CO (35), GF (31), PE (30), HN (27), SR (16), BR (13), BZ (13), BO (6), GT (6)

## Summary

Eriophora nephiloides is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae first described in Biologia Centrali-Americana: Arachnida-Aranediea by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1889. Its recognized range is from Guatemala to Guayana, but has been documented as far south as Bolivia.

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

## Photo

![Pretty Orbweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pretty-orbweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/385840403

## Machine access

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