Leucauge decorata

Leucauge decorata, the decorative silver orb spider, is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders. A medium to large sized orb weaving spider, with a body length up to 12 mm long (female). Male to 6 mm. This species has a "point" to the end of the abdomen.

The species is distributed in Africa, India, Nepal, Pakistan, south east Asia, and Australia. It is found in forests, grasslands, rice fields, and urban areas. In urban areas, streetlights attracted insects leading to more webs of L. decorata on trees beside such lights.

L. decorata was among the preferred spider species predated by the mud-dauber wasp Sceliphron madraspatanum for larval food in Pune city.