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Bark Spiders
Caerostris
Caerostris is a genus of spiders in the Araneidae family. They are sometimes called bark spiders. The genus Caerostris was created by the noted Swedish arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell (1830-1901) in 1868. Most species are found in south eastern Africa and neighbouring Madagascar.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Bark Spider
speciesCaerostris sexcuspidata
Caerostris sumatrana
speciesCaerostris sumatrana
Darwin's Bark Spider
speciesCaerostris darwini
Caerostris extrusa
speciesCaerostris extrusa
Bare-legged Bark Spider
speciesCaerostris corticosa
Caerostris almae
speciesCaerostris almae
Caerostris vicina
speciesCaerostris vicina
Caerostris bojani
speciesCaerostris bojani
Caerostris hirsuta
speciesCaerostris hirsuta
Caerostris pero
speciesCaerostris pero
Caerostris mayottensis
speciesCaerostris mayottensis
Caerostris cowani
speciesCaerostris cowani
Caerostris indica
speciesCaerostris indica
Caerostris kuntneri
speciesCaerostris kuntneri
Caerostris mitralis
speciesCaerostris mitralis
Caerostris linnaeus
speciesCaerostris linnaeus
Caerostris wallacei
speciesCaerostris wallacei
Caerostris ecclesiigera
speciesCaerostris ecclesiigera
Caerostris bankana
speciesCaerostris bankana
Caerostris tinamaze
speciesCaerostris tinamaze
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 194346.