Eresus
Eresus is a genus of velvet spiders comprising several species. Members of the genus formerly called Eresus cinnaberinus or Eresus niger are now placed in one of three species: Eresus kollari, Eresus sandaliatus and Eresus moravicus. All have been called "ladybird spiders".
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ladybird Spider
speciesEresus kollari
Eresus sandaliatus
speciesEresus sandaliatus
Eresus walckenaeri
speciesEresus walckenaeri
Eresus moravicus
speciesEresus moravicus
Eresus lavrosii
speciesEresus lavrosii
Eresus sedilloti
speciesEresus sedilloti
Eresus elhennawyi
speciesEresus elhennawyi
Eresus hermani
speciesEresus hermani
Eresus albopictus
speciesEresus albopictus
Eresus solitarius
speciesEresus solitarius
Eresus albimarginatus
speciesEresus albimarginatus
Eresus gharbi
speciesEresus gharbi
Eresus transcaucasicus
speciesEresus transcaucasicus
Eresus crassitibialis
speciesEresus crassitibialis
Eresus mangyshlakensis
speciesEresus mangyshlakensis
Eresus tigrani
speciesEresus tigrani
Eresus megobroba
speciesEresus megobroba
Eresus ruficapillus
speciesEresus ruficapillus
Eresus adaleari
speciesEresus adaleari
Eresus da
speciesEresus da
Eresus lishizheni
speciesEresus lishizheni
Eresus yukuni
speciesEresus yukuni
Eresus athanatoi
speciesEresus athanatoi
Eresus gulliver
speciesEresus gulliver
Eresus deminutus
speciesEresus deminutus
Eresus fulvus
speciesEresus fulvus
Eresus quartuorguttata
speciesEresus quartuorguttata
Eresus frontalis
speciesEresus frontalis
Eresus pharaonis
speciesEresus pharaonis
Eresus robustus
speciesEresus robustus
Eresus bifasciatus
speciesEresus bifasciatus
Eresus granosus
speciesEresus granosus
Eresus rotundiceps
speciesEresus rotundiceps
Eresus tristis
speciesEresus tristis
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 62050.