![Godric Gryffindor Inspires Name for Unusual Spider in India | Stannous Flouride's Book of Truthiness Godric Gryffindor Inspires Name for Unusual Spider in India | Stannous Flouride's Book of Truthiness](https://stanflouride.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-18-at-6-09-52-pm.png)
Godric Gryffindor Inspires Name for Unusual Spider in India | Stannous Flouride's Book of Truthiness
![Harry Potter spider: JK Rowling delighted after spider is named after Gryffindor | Nature | News | Express.co.uk Harry Potter spider: JK Rowling delighted after spider is named after Gryffindor | Nature | News | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/128/590x/Harry-Potter-JK-Rowling-Gryffindor-spider-sorting-hat-742927.jpg)
Harry Potter spider: JK Rowling delighted after spider is named after Gryffindor | Nature | News | Express.co.uk
![Harry Potter-loving scientists find spider that looks like the Sorting Hat, naming it Eriovixia gryffindori | The Straits Times Harry Potter-loving scientists find spider that looks like the Sorting Hat, naming it Eriovixia gryffindori | The Straits Times](https://static1.straitstimes.com.sg/s3fs-public/styles/large30x20/public/articles/2016/12/14/hat2_0.jpg?VersionId=KPF56lauesfmWtidG3JmtnUJ.40IEk85)
Harry Potter-loving scientists find spider that looks like the Sorting Hat, naming it Eriovixia gryffindori | The Straits Times
![WCS India 💚 on Twitter: "We're 'sorted' with our #SpeciesOfTheWeek!Discovered in the #WesternGhats in 2015,the sorting hat spider (Eriovixia gryffindori)is named after the sentient sorting hat of Hogwarts,from the phenomenal #HarryPotter series WCS India 💚 on Twitter: "We're 'sorted' with our #SpeciesOfTheWeek!Discovered in the #WesternGhats in 2015,the sorting hat spider (Eriovixia gryffindori)is named after the sentient sorting hat of Hogwarts,from the phenomenal #HarryPotter series](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0IN7oKVkAg1mid.jpg:large)