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title: "Tropical Orbweaver"
description: "Eriophora ravilla — Insecten en spinnen. Eriophora ravilla, the tropical orb weaver, is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tropical-orbweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tropical Orbweaver

> Eriophora ravilla — Insecten en spinnen. Eriophora ravilla, the tropical orb weaver, is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Eriophora ravilla*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11000
- Wikidata: [Q2337941](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2337941)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53272](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53272)

## Names

- en: Tropical Orbweaver
- es: Araña tropical de tela orbicular

## Countries with the most observations

US (6120), MX (753), CR (229), BZ (110), HN (101), CO (97), DO (84), BR (64), PA (52), PR (40), GT (29), NI (27)

## Summary

Eriophora ravilla, the tropical orb weaver, is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in a range from the United States to Brazil.

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

## Photo

![Tropical Orbweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tropical-orbweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Savita · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46416526

## Machine access

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