Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Araneus
Common Name (AAS)
Angulate & Round-shouldered Orb-weavers
Author
Carl Alexander Clerck, 1757
Sightings Overview
There have been 494 confirmed sightings of Araneus (Angulate & Round-shouldered Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 18, 2024 by Spider ID member paganshaman. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 494 sightings because of certain Araneus sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 50% of the time, Araneus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 494)
- Sex: 79 female and 26 male.
- Environment: Araneus has been sighted 510 times outdoors, and 51 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (296). On flower (6). Low foliage (59). High foliage (52). Ground layer (53). Under rock or debris (4). Freshwater river, lake, stream (4). Saltwater (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (11). Forest (24).
Location and Range
Araneus (Angulate & Round-shouldered Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia.
Araneus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Seasonality
Araneus has been primarily sighted during the month of October.
- January: 10
- February: 9
- March: 7
- April: 10
- May: 28
- June: 18
- July: 21
- August: 69
- September: 81
- October: 175
- November: 41
- December: 25