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title: "Common White-tail Spider"
description: "Lampona cylindrata — Insecten en spinnen. White-tailed spiders are spiders native to southern and eastern Australia, with the name referring to the whitish tips at the end of their abdomens."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-white-tail-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common White-tail Spider

> Lampona cylindrata — Insecten en spinnen. White-tailed spiders are  spiders native to southern and eastern Australia, with the name referring to the whitish tips at the end of their abdomens.

- Scientific name: *Lampona cylindrata*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 1332
- Wikidata: [Q2248197](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2248197)
- iNaturalist taxon: [391331](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/391331)

## Names

- en: Common White-tail Spider
- de: Weißschwanzspinne

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (725), AU (80)

## Summary

White-tailed spiders are  spiders native to southern and eastern Australia, with the name referring to the whitish tips at the end of their abdomens. The body size is up to 18 mm, with a leg-span of 28 mm. Common species are Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina. Both these species have been introduced into New Zealand.
White-tailed spiders are vagrant hunters that seek out and envenom prey rather than spinning a web to capture it; their preferred prey is other spiders.
They are reported to bite humans, with effects including a red mark, and local itchiness, swelling and pain. On rare occasions, bites can cause nausea…

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

## Photo

![Common White-tail Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-white-tail-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131935877

## Machine access

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