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title: "Decorative Vleispider"
description: "Leucauge decorata — Insecten en spinnen. Leucauge decorata, the decorative silver orb spider, is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/decorative-vleispider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Decorative Vleispider

> Leucauge decorata — Insecten en spinnen. Leucauge decorata, the decorative silver orb spider, is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders.

- Scientific name: *Leucauge decorata*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 3553
- Wikidata: [Q1856278](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1856278)
- iNaturalist taxon: [154523](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154523)

## Names

- en: Decorative Vleispider

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1694), SG (332), AU (255), TH (106), PH (89), MY (87), ID (75), ZA (46), LK (35), MP (14), VN (8), GU (7)

## Summary

Leucauge decorata, the decorative silver orb spider, is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders. 
A medium to large sized orb weaving spider, with a body length up to 12 mm (0.47 in) long for females and up to 6 mm (0.24 in) for males. This species has a "point" to the end of the abdomen. 
L. decorata was among the preferred spider species predated by the mud-dauber wasp Sceliphron madraspatanum for larval food in Pune city.

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

## Photo

![Decorative Vleispider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/decorative-vleispider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194087079

## Machine access

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