Spider
Kidney Garden Spider
Bijoaraneus mitificus
Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized
- Scientific name
- Bijoaraneus mitificus
- Family
- Araneidae, order Araneae
- Group
- Spider
An orb-weaver that spins a perfect trap each evening.
- Spot it Stout body with a pale, patterned abdomen.
- Home Gardens, hedges and wooded edges.
- Food web Catches flies, moths and other flying insects; birds and wasps catch it.
- Why it matters Traps flies and moths, keeping insect numbers balanced, and is itself food for birds and wasps.
Read more: Bijoaraneus mitificus on Wikipedia
Sources and credits
Records and field notes
- RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist in 2015, in Jaipur.[20]
Sources
- Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
- Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.
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