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title: "Two-spined spider"
description: "Poecilopachys australasia — Insetti e ragni. Poecilopachys australasia, commonly known as the two-spined spider, is an Australian orb-weaving spider which has also been recorded in New Zealand since the early 1970s."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/two-spined-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Two-spined spider

> Poecilopachys australasia — Insetti e ragni. Poecilopachys australasia, commonly known as the two-spined spider, is an Australian orb-weaving spider which has also been recorded in New Zealand since the early 1970s.

- Scientific name: *Poecilopachys australasia*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2491
- Wikidata: [Q1647489](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1647489)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201609](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201609)

## Names

- en: Two-spined spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1325), NZ (1052), NC (22)

## Summary

Poecilopachys australasia, commonly known as the two-spined spider, is an Australian orb-weaving spider which has also been recorded in New Zealand since the early 1970s. The spider is nocturnal, spinning a cart-wheel-shaped web at night which it consumes in the morning. Females can be commonly found on the undersides of citrus tree leaves during the day.

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

## Photo

![Two-spined spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/two-spined-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter de Lange · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20799793

## Machine access

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