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title: "Visnetspin"
description: "Cyrtophora citricola — Insecten en spinnen. Cyrtophora citricola, also known as the tropical tent-web spider, is an orb-weaver spider in the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tropical-tent-web-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Visnetspin

> Cyrtophora citricola — Insecten en spinnen. Cyrtophora citricola, also known as the tropical tent-web spider, is an orb-weaver spider in the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Cyrtophora citricola*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10640
- Wikidata: [Q1709546](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1709546)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130082](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130082)

## Names

- en: Tropical Tent-web Spider
- de: Opuntienspinne
- es: Araña de Tela Carpa Tropical
- fr: Épeire de l'Opuntia
- nl: Visnetspin
- pl: Namiotowiec opuncjowy

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2293), PT (950), FR (892), IT (864), BR (763), ZA (666), US (574), GR (499), HR (213), CO (202), IN (125), HN (81)

## Summary

Cyrtophora citricola, also known as the tropical tent-web spider, is an orb-weaver spider in the family Araneidae. It is found in Asia, Africa, Australia, Costa Rica, Hispaniola, Colombia, and Southern Europe and in 2000, it was discovered in Florida. C. citricola differs from many of its close relatives due its ability to live in a wide variety of environments. In North America and South America, the spider has caused extensive damage to agricultural operations.
C. citricola is in the orb web spider family, but its orb webs are considered atypical. They have a thick silk strand barrier above the orb and a thinner…

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

## Photo

![Visnetspin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tropical-tent-web-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Anna C · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49102218

## Machine access

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