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title: "Southern Bolas Spider"
description: "Mastophora cornigera — Owady i pająki. Mastophora cornigera is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/southern-bolas-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Bolas Spider

> Mastophora cornigera — Owady i pająki. Mastophora cornigera is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Mastophora cornigera*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 378
- Wikidata: [Q2754890](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2754890)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153560](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153560)

## Names

- en: Southern Bolas Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (298), MX (3)

## Summary

Mastophora cornigera is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in a range from the United States to Nicaragua. Like all known species of the genus Mastophora, adult females are bolas spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.

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

## Photo

![Southern Bolas Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-bolas-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rachel Whitt · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115980431

## Machine access

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