Tropical Tent-web Spider

Types of Spiders Orb Weavers: Araneidae Genus Araneus Genus Argiope (Writing Spiders) Genus Eriophora (Tropical Orbweaver) Genus Gasteracantha (Spinybacked Orbweaver) Genus Larinia (Striped Orbweaver) Genus Neoscona (Spotted Orbweaver) More Types of Spiders

The Tropical Tent-web Spider (Cyrtophora citricola) is a small spider in the Araneidae family that does not build the traditional Araneidae orb web.

Rather, it spins a flat, horizontal web, that has a slight dome, giving it a tent look.

There is little information available on the web for this species. Therefore, the identification is tentative.

© 2008 Patricia A. Michaels