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title: "Arrow-shaped Orbweaver"
description: "Micrathena sagittata — Insetos e aranhas. Micrathena sagittata, also known as the arrow-shaped micrathena, is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/arrow-shaped-orbweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arrow-shaped Orbweaver

> Micrathena sagittata — Insetos e aranhas. Micrathena sagittata, also known as the arrow-shaped micrathena, is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Micrathena sagittata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8455
- Wikidata: [Q1309913](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1309913)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120578](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120578)

## Names

- en: Arrow-shaped Orbweaver
- es: Araña punta de flecha

## Countries with the most observations

US (6965), MX (461), CA (347), HN (91), BZ (53), NI (37), GT (26), CR (23), SV (23), PA (4)

## Summary

Micrathena sagittata, also known as the arrow-shaped micrathena, is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It is found in the eastern United States and throughout Central America.
This is a striking spider with a distinctive arrow-shaped abdomen which is largely yellow, with black depressions above and variable red and black patterning below. There are 3 pairs of tubercles that are tipped with black and red at the base. The pair of tubercles at the back end of the abdomen are rather large and point outward, forming two corners of the triangular, arrow-shaped body. Females can grow up to 9 millimetres…

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

## Photo

![Arrow-shaped Orbweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/arrow-shaped-orbweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mariana Yuste Ramírez · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9004915

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/arrow-shaped-orbweaver?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).