Araneidae
(Orb-weavers)

Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Araneomorphae
• Family: Araneidae

Common Name (AAS)

Orb-weavers

Other Common Names

Orb-weaving Spiders

Author

Carl Alexander Clerck, 1757

Sightings Overview

There have been 2369 confirmed sightings of Araneidae (Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 15, 2025 by Spider ID member 625393386. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2369 sightings because of certain Araneidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 66% of the time, Araneidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2369)
• Sex: 315 female and 147 male.
• Environment: Araneidae has been sighted 2505 times outdoors, and 260 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (1261). On flower (54). Low foliage (525). High foliage (314). Ground layer (118). Under rock or debris (10). Freshwater river, lake, stream (35). Saltwater (14). Open field, pasture, grassland (57). Forest (107). Desert area (10).

Location and Range

Araneidae (Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, U.S., Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Araneidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Seasonality

Araneidae has been primarily sighted during the month of October.

• January: 97
• February: 138
• March: 211
• April: 222
• May: 251
• June: 127
• July: 128
• August: 261
• September: 286
• October: 434
• November: 108
• December: 106