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title: "Oriental Spiny Orb-weaver"
description: "Gasteracantha geminata — Owady i pająki. Gasteracantha geminata is a species of spider of the genus Gasteracantha, found in India and Sri Lanka."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/oriental-spiny-orb-weaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oriental Spiny Orb-weaver

> Gasteracantha geminata — Owady i pająki. Gasteracantha geminata is a species of spider of the genus Gasteracantha, found in India and Sri Lanka.

- Scientific name: *Gasteracantha geminata*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2020
- Wikidata: [Q2391587](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2391587)
- iNaturalist taxon: [207992](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207992)

## Names

- en: Oriental Spiny Orb-weaver

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1642), LK (260)

## Summary

Gasteracantha geminata is a species of spider of the genus Gasteracantha, found in India and Sri Lanka. It is known as the oriental spiny orb-weaver.

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

## Photo

![Oriental Spiny Orb-weaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-spiny-orb-weaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Barbara Terhal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265242655

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-spiny-orb-weaver?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).