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title: "South American Toothed Hacklemesh Weaver"
description: "Metaltella simoni — Insecten en spinnen. Metaltella simoni is a species of spider, native to South America (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina), and introduced into the United States and Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/south-american-toothed-hacklemesh-weaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# South American Toothed Hacklemesh Weaver

> Metaltella simoni — Insecten en spinnen. Metaltella simoni is a species of spider, native to South America (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina), and introduced into the United States and Canada.

- Scientific name: *Metaltella simoni*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8648
- Wikidata: [Q6483003](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6483003)
- iNaturalist taxon: [224975](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/224975)

## Names

- en: South American Toothed Hacklemesh Weaver
- es: Araña tejedora sudamericana

## Countries with the most observations

US (4221), AR (50), UY (23), BR (14), MX (3)

## Summary

Metaltella simoni is a species of spider, native to South America (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina), and introduced into the United States and Canada.

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

## Photo

![South American Toothed Hacklemesh Weaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/south-american-toothed-hacklemesh-weaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3501683

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/south-american-toothed-hacklemesh-weaver?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).