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title: "Tuft-legged Orbweaver"
description: "Mangora placida — Insetos e aranhas. Mangora placida is a species of spider in the family Araneidae, found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/tuft-legged-orbweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tuft-legged Orbweaver

> Mangora placida — Insetos e aranhas. Mangora placida is a species of spider in the family Araneidae, found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Mangora placida*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5732
- Wikidata: [Q2496759](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2496759)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153558](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153558)

## Names

- en: Tuft-legged Orbweaver
- es: Araña tejedora enmascarada

## Countries with the most observations

US (3786), CA (340), MX (8)

## Summary

Mangora placida is a species of spider in the family Araneidae, found in North America.

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

## Photo

![Tuft-legged Orbweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tuft-legged-orbweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284688621

## Machine access

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