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Trashline Orbweavers
Cyclosa
Cyclosa, also called trashline orbweavers, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. Widely distributed worldwide, spiders of the genus Cyclosa build relatively small orb webs with a web decoration. The web decoration in Cyclosa spiders is often linear and includes prey remains and other debris, which probably serve to camouflage the spider. The name "Cyclosa" comes from Greek 'to move in a circle', referring to how it spins its web.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Conical Trashline Orbweaver
speciesCyclosa conica
Humped Trashline Orbweaver
speciesCyclosa turbinata
Common Garbage-Line Web Spider
speciesCyclosa insulana
Long-bellied Cyclosa Spider
speciesCyclosa bifida
Cyclosa mulmeinensis
speciesCyclosa mulmeinensis
Walckenaer's Trashline Orbweaver
speciesCyclosa walckenaeri
Cyclosa argenteoalba
speciesCyclosa argenteoalba
Three-lobed Spider
speciesCyclosa trilobata
Cyclosa octotuberculata
speciesCyclosa octotuberculata
Cyclosa sierrae
speciesCyclosa sierrae
Cyclosa diversa
speciesCyclosa diversa
Oculate Garbage-line Web Spider
speciesCyclosa oculata
Cyclosa confusa
speciesCyclosa confusa
Cyclosa caroli
speciesCyclosa caroli
Cyclosa ginnaga
speciesCyclosa ginnaga
Cyclosa bifurcata
speciesCyclosa bifurcata
Cyclosa machadinho
speciesCyclosa machadinho
Cyclosa argentata
speciesCyclosa argentata
Cyclosa quinqueguttata
speciesCyclosa quinqueguttata
Cyclosa omonaga
speciesCyclosa omonaga
Long-tailed Orb-weaver
speciesCyclosa bacilliformis
Cyclosa hexatuberculata
speciesCyclosa hexatuberculata
Round Web Decorator
speciesCyclosa vallata
Cyclosa algerica
speciesCyclosa algerica
Cyclosa hamulata
speciesCyclosa hamulata
Cyclosa confraga
speciesCyclosa confraga
Cyclosa bilobata
speciesCyclosa bilobata
Cyclosa simoni
speciesCyclosa simoni
Cyclosa litoralis
speciesCyclosa litoralis
Cyclosa monticola
speciesCyclosa monticola
Cyclosa bulla
speciesCyclosa bulla
Berland's Trashline Orbweaver
speciesCyclosa berlandi
Cyclosa atrata
speciesCyclosa atrata
Cyclosa spirifera
speciesCyclosa spirifera
Cyclosa japonica
speciesCyclosa japonica
Cyclosa sanctibenedicti
speciesCyclosa sanctibenedicti
Cyclosa cylindrata
speciesCyclosa cylindrata
Cyclosa deserticola
speciesCyclosa deserticola
Cyclosa fililineata
speciesCyclosa fililineata
Cyclosa serena
speciesCyclosa serena
Cyclosa triquetra
speciesCyclosa triquetra
Cyclosa sedeculata
speciesCyclosa sedeculata
Cyclosa nigra
speciesCyclosa nigra
Cyclosa morretes
speciesCyclosa morretes
Cyclosa laticauda
speciesCyclosa laticauda
Cyclosa maritima
speciesCyclosa maritima
Cyclosa longicauda
speciesCyclosa longicauda
Cyclosa santafe
speciesCyclosa santafe
Cyclosa groppalii
speciesCyclosa groppalii
Cyclosa bianchoria
speciesCyclosa bianchoria
Cyclosa tapetifaciens
speciesCyclosa tapetifaciens
Cyclosa purnai
speciesCyclosa purnai
Cyclosa maderiana
speciesCyclosa maderiana
Cyclosa albisternis
speciesCyclosa albisternis
Cyclosa vieirae
speciesCyclosa vieirae
Cyclosa neilensis
speciesCyclosa neilensis
Cyclosa huila
speciesCyclosa huila
Cyclosa moonduensis
speciesCyclosa moonduensis
Cyclosa gossypiata
speciesCyclosa gossypiata
Cyclosa norihisai
speciesCyclosa norihisai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 127360.