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title: "Australian Lichen Spider"
description: "Pandercetes gracilis — Owady i pająki. Pandercetes gracilis, also called the lichen huntsman spider and the lichen spider, is a huntsman spider found on New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and in Queensland, Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/australian-lichen-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Australian Lichen Spider

> Pandercetes gracilis — Owady i pająki. Pandercetes gracilis, also called the lichen huntsman spider and the lichen spider, is a huntsman spider found on New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and in Queensland, Australia.

- Scientific name: *Pandercetes gracilis*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1217
- Wikidata: [Q1925524](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1925524)
- iNaturalist taxon: [368687](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/368687)

## Names

- en: Australian Lichen Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1139)

## Summary

Pandercetes gracilis, also called the lichen huntsman spider and the lichen spider, is a huntsman spider found on New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and in Queensland, Australia. Individuals can vary in color and many color forms exist, but unlike squids and certain reptiles, color is fixed at its previous molt. It hunts by hiding among moss and lichen, then ambushing prey that comes into range by pouncing on it.

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

## Photo

![Australian Lichen Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-lichen-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/299147390

## Machine access

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