ONLY HALF THE WORLD’S SPIDERS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED

Since the first spider species was described in 1757, there have been 50,000 species of spiders discovered on the planet. The 50,000th spider species was described in April 2022, called Guriurius minuano and belonging to a family of jumping spiders found among

the trees of South America. However, this latest discovery is by no means the last. Arachnologists at the World Spider Catalog predict that we are only halfway through finding all the spider species on Earth and that another 50,000 different species are yet to be discovered.