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title: "Asian Hermit Spider"
description: "Nephilengys malabarensis — Insecten en spinnen. Nephilengys malabarensis is an nephilid spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/asian-hermit-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asian Hermit Spider

> Nephilengys malabarensis — Insecten en spinnen. Nephilengys malabarensis is an nephilid spider.

- Scientific name: *Nephilengys malabarensis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2829
- Wikidata: [Q2182527](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2182527)
- iNaturalist taxon: [148029](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/148029)

## Names

- en: Asian Hermit Spider

## Countries with the most observations

ID (631), MY (480), TH (394), LK (255), IN (243), SG (147), PH (78), CN (51), KH (50), VN (44), LA (9), BN (8)

## Summary

Nephilengys malabarensis is an nephilid spider.
Females reach a body length of almost 19 millimetres (0.75 in). The legs and palp are annulated yellow and black. Male body size less than 5 millimetres (0.20 in), with mostly grey-black legs.
N. malabarensis is being preyed upon by the spider-eating jumping spider Portia.

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

## Photo

![Asian Hermit Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-hermit-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8460733

## Machine access

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