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title: "Yellow Ghost Spider"
description: "Hibana velox — Insecten en spinnen. Hibana velox (formerly known as Aysha velox), commonly called the yellow ghost spider, is a spider species in the family Anyphaenidae, native to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-ghost-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Yellow Ghost Spider

> Hibana velox — Insecten en spinnen. Hibana velox (formerly known as Aysha velox), commonly called the yellow ghost spider, is a spider species in the family Anyphaenidae, native to North America.

- Scientific name: *Hibana velox*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 1789
- Wikidata: [Q2359271](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2359271)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199512](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199512)

## Names

- en: Yellow Ghost Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (610), BM (9), DO (3)

## Summary

Hibana velox (formerly known as Aysha velox), commonly called the yellow ghost spider, is a spider species in the family Anyphaenidae, native to North America. It is found in foliage and in houses, and is an effective predator of insects such as the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella (Gracillariidae).

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

## Photo

![Yellow Ghost Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-ghost-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249782751

## Machine access

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