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Mirror-ball Spiders
Thwaitesia
Thwaitesia is a genus of spider that occurs worldwide in the tropics.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Black-spotted Thwaitesia
speciesThwaitesia nigronodosa

Thwaitesia margaritifera
speciesThwaitesia margaritifera

Jewelry Spider
speciesThwaitesia glabicauda

Thwaitesia affinis
speciesThwaitesia affinis

Thwaitesia bracteata
speciesThwaitesia bracteata

Silver Dewdrop Spider
speciesThwaitesia argentiopunctata

Thwaitesia pulcherrima
speciesThwaitesia pulcherrima

Thwaitesia argenteoguttata
speciesThwaitesia argenteoguttata

Thwaitesia simoni
speciesThwaitesia simoni
Thwaitesia dangensis
speciesThwaitesia dangensis

Thwaitesia nigrimaculata
speciesThwaitesia nigrimaculata
Thwaitesia meruensis
speciesThwaitesia meruensis
Thwaitesia argenteosquamata
speciesThwaitesia argenteosquamata
Thwaitesia splendida
speciesThwaitesia splendida
Thwaitesia phoenicolegna
speciesThwaitesia phoenicolegna
Thwaitesia spinicauda
speciesThwaitesia spinicauda
Thwaitesia rhomboidalis
speciesThwaitesia rhomboidalis
Thwaitesia argentata
speciesThwaitesia argentata
Thwaitesia inaurata
speciesThwaitesia inaurata
Thwaitesia scintillans
speciesThwaitesia scintillans
Thwaitesia turbinata
speciesThwaitesia turbinata
Thwaitesia algerica
speciesThwaitesia algerica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 368988.