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title: "Cave spider"
description: "Nesticus cellulanus — Insetos e aranhas. Nesticus cellulanus, also known as the cavity spider or comb-footed cellar spider, is a species of scaffold web spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/cave-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cave spider

> Nesticus cellulanus — Insetos e aranhas. Nesticus cellulanus, also known as the cavity spider or comb-footed cellar spider, is a species of scaffold web spider.

- Scientific name: *Nesticus cellulanus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 787
- Wikidata: [Q510385](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510385)
- iNaturalist taxon: [225916](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/225916)

## Names

- en: Cave spider
- de: Höhlenspinne
- fr: Nestique alvéolé
- nl: Holenspin

## Countries with the most observations

FR (121), AT (52), DE (44), GB (43), NL (39), PL (37), RU (27), CH (24), CA (22), IT (22), ES (14), BE (11)

## Summary

Nesticus cellulanus, also known as the cavity spider or comb-footed cellar spider, is a species of scaffold web spider. It is found throughout Europe and Turkey, and has been introduced to North America.

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

## Photo

![Cave spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cave-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ilkka Kaita-aho · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102948219

## Machine access

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