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title: "Rufous Net-casting Spider"
description: "Asianopis subrufa — Owady i pająki. Asianopis subrufa (also called the rufous net-casting spider) is a species of net-casting spiders."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/rufous-net-casting-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Rufous Net-casting Spider

> Asianopis subrufa — Owady i pająki. Asianopis subrufa (also called the rufous net-casting spider) is a species of net-casting spiders.

- Scientific name: *Asianopis subrufa*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 4384
- Wikidata: [Q116262493](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116262493)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1429923](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1429923)

## Names

- en: Rufous Net-casting Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2311)

## Summary

Asianopis subrufa (also called the rufous net-casting spider) is a species of net-casting spiders. It occurs in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania) and in New Zealand. It is a nocturnal hunter, having excellent eyesight, and hunts using a silken net to capture its prey. They feed on a variety of insects – ants, beetles, crickets and other spiders. They can vary in colour from fawn to pinkish brown or chocolate brown. Females are about 25 mm in body length, males about 22 mm. They are not dangerous to humans.
This species is often found on a few strands of web in forest, woodland and heathland…

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

## Photo

![Rufous Net-casting Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-net-casting-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: M. quinquenervia · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104908527

## Machine access

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