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title: "Tiger Spider"
description: "Trichonephila plumipes — Insetos e aranhas. Trichonephila plumipes, the Pacific golden orb weaver, is a species of spider found in Australia, Indonesia and some Pacific Islands, which exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism through its sexual cannibalism behavior."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/tiger-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Tiger Spider

> Trichonephila plumipes — Insetos e aranhas. Trichonephila plumipes, the Pacific golden orb weaver, is a species of spider found in Australia, Indonesia and some Pacific Islands, which exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism through its sexual cannibalism behavior.

- Scientific name: *Trichonephila plumipes*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 10842
- iNaturalist taxon: [904341](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/904341)

## Names

- en: Tiger Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (10020), NC (300), VU (143), NF (74)

## Summary

Trichonephila plumipes, the Pacific golden orb weaver, is a species of spider found in Australia, Indonesia and some Pacific Islands, which exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism through its sexual cannibalism behavior. It is sometimes called the tiger spider due to its markings which look similar to a tiger. This species was formerly called Nephila plumipes. As with other spiders from the genus Nephila, these spiders have a distinct golden web.
The Trichonephila plumipes benefits from highly urbanized places due to more available food, warmer temperatures, and fewer predators. This species is commonly found in urban…

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

## Photo

![Tiger Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tiger-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: figggy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/355073888

## Machine access

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