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Featherleg spider

Uloborus plumipes Lucas, 1846

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The featherleg spider (Uloborus plumipes) is a species in the family Uloboridae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 3.94 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including Egypt, Italy and Philippines.

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Quick facts about the featherleg spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
3.94 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the featherleg spider?

FEATHERLEG SPIDER · LENGTH 3.94 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 3.94 mm, the recorded maximum length of the featherleg spider is about 0.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the featherleg spider live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The featherleg spider is listed for 5 countries.

SudanItalyPhilippinesYemenEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Egypt
  2. Italy
  3. Philippines
  4. Sudan
  5. Yemen

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the featherleg spider as introduced in 6 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Belgium
  3. Germany
  4. Poland
  5. South Africa
  6. United Kingdom

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the featherleg spider endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the featherleg spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyUloboridae
  6. genusUloborus
  7. SpeciesUloborus plumipes Lucas, 1846

Synonyms Uloborus costae, Uloborus gnavus, Uloborus niloticus, Uloborus niveivestis, Uloborus pictiventris, Uloborus signatus

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Feather-legged lace weaverEnglish
  • Garden centre spiderEnglish
  • VeerpootspinnekopAfrikaans
  • pakřižák chluponohýCzech
  • Fjerbenet edderkopDanish
  • Gewächshaus-FederfußspinneGerman
  • ansarikolmikkiFinnish
  • Ulobore plumeuseFrench
  • pamatoslábú derespókHungarian
  • drivhustrekantspinnerNorwegian Bokmål
  • KaskaardespinDutch
  • KoliściakPolish
  • pakrižiak chlpatonohýSlovak
  • knätofsspindelSwedish
  • 多毛嫵蛛Chinese
  • Gewächshaus-FederfußGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the featherleg spider

Other species in the same genus Uloborus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the featherleg spider?

An adult featherleg spider measures 3.94 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the featherleg spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the featherleg spider for 5 countries: Egypt, Italy, Philippines, Sudan and Yemen. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the featherleg spider an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the featherleg spider as introduced in 6 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Germany, Poland and South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the featherleg spider?

The featherleg spider (Uloborus plumipes) belongs to the family Uloboridae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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@misc{featherleg_spider_2026,
  title = {Featherleg spider (Uloborus plumipes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/featherleg-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}