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title: "Black-and-white Spiny Spider"
description: "Gasteracantha kuhli — Insetos e aranhas. Gasteracantha kuhli is a species of spiny orb-weaver spider in the genus Gasteracantha, widespread from India to Japan, the Philippines, and Java in Indonesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-and-white-spiny-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-and-white Spiny Spider

> Gasteracantha kuhli — Insetos e aranhas. Gasteracantha kuhli is a species of spiny orb-weaver spider in the genus Gasteracantha, widespread from India to Japan, the Philippines, and Java in Indonesia.

- Scientific name: *Gasteracantha kuhli*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4569
- iNaturalist taxon: [847983](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/847983)

## Names

- en: Black-and-white Spiny Spider
- es: Araña espinosa de Kuhl

## Countries with the most observations

TW (1438), HK (916), CN (277), TH (262), IN (257), SG (196), PH (185), MY (134), ID (116), KR (106), JP (46), VN (42)

## Summary

Gasteracantha kuhli is a species of spiny orb-weaver spider in the genus Gasteracantha, widespread from India to Japan, the Philippines, and Java in Indonesia. It is known as the black-and-white spiny spider.

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

## Photo

![Black-and-white Spiny Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-and-white-spiny-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Min Khant Naing · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140525014

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-and-white-spiny-spider?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).