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title: "Tailed forest spider"
description: "Arachnura feredayi — Insetti e ragni. Arachnura feredayi, the tailed forest spider or scorpion-tailed spider, is endemic to New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/tailed-forest-spider-arachnura-feredayi
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tailed forest spider

> Arachnura feredayi — Insetti e ragni. Arachnura feredayi, the tailed forest spider or scorpion-tailed spider, is endemic to New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Arachnura feredayi*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 460
- Wikidata: [Q4289017](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4289017)
- iNaturalist taxon: [385990](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/385990)

## Names

- en: Tailed forest spider

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (423)

## Summary

Arachnura feredayi, the tailed forest spider or scorpion-tailed spider, is endemic to New Zealand. It is known for the distinctive tapering body shape in females, which are also much larger than males, and for producing vertical columns of egg sacs in their webs.

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

## Photo

![Tailed forest spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tailed-forest-spider-arachnura-feredayi/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188300585

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tailed-forest-spider-arachnura-feredayi?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).