Eresus
Eresus, also called ladybird spiders, is a genus of velvet spiders (family Eresidae) that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. 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. A new species Eresus urus (named after the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur), was discovered in southern Iraq in March 2025.
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 transcaucasicus
speciesEresus transcaucasicus
Eresus solitarius
speciesEresus solitarius
Eresus mangyshlakensis
speciesEresus mangyshlakensis
Eresus albimarginatus
speciesEresus albimarginatus
Eresus albopictus
speciesEresus albopictus
Eresus gharbi
speciesEresus gharbi
Eresus crassitibialis
speciesEresus crassitibialis
Eresus tigrani
speciesEresus tigrani
Eresus megobroba
speciesEresus megobroba
Eresus gulliver
speciesEresus gulliver
Eresus ruficapillus
speciesEresus ruficapillus
Eresus adaleari
speciesEresus adaleari
Eresus lishizheni
speciesEresus lishizheni
Eresus athanatoi
speciesEresus athanatoi
Eresus deminutus
speciesEresus deminutus
Eresus fulvus
speciesEresus fulvus
Eresus frontalis
speciesEresus frontalis
Eresus bifasciatus
speciesEresus bifasciatus
Eresus quartuorguttata
speciesEresus quartuorguttata
Eresus granosus
speciesEresus granosus
Eresus pharaonis
speciesEresus pharaonis
Eresus rotundiceps
speciesEresus rotundiceps
Eresus robustus
speciesEresus robustus
Eresus tristis
speciesEresus tristis
Eresus da
speciesEresus da
Eresus yukuni
speciesEresus yukuni
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.