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title: "Scorpion-tailed Spider"
description: "Arachnura higginsi — Insecten en spinnen. Arachnura higginsi, known as the tailed spider or scorpion tailed spider and the scorpion orb weaver, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/scorpion-tailed-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scorpion-tailed Spider

> Arachnura higginsi — Insecten en spinnen. Arachnura higginsi, known as the tailed spider or scorpion tailed spider  and the  scorpion orb weaver, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Arachnura higginsi*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1044
- Wikidata: [Q1304501](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1304501)
- iNaturalist taxon: [202200](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202200)

## Names

- en: Scorpion-tailed Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (947)

## Summary

Arachnura higginsi, known as the tailed spider or scorpion tailed spider  and the  scorpion orb weaver, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It occurs in many parts of Australia.

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

## Photo

![Scorpion-tailed Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scorpion-tailed-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Emily Langdon-Lassagne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197301437

## Machine access

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