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 2132 confirmed sightings of Araneidae (Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on March 14, 2024 by Spider ID member carla-d. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2132 sightings because of certain Araneidae sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 66% of the time, Araneidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2132)
- Sex: 297 female and 144 male.
- Environment: Araneidae has been sighted 2245 times outdoors, and 239 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (1133). On flower (40). Low foliage (471). High foliage (285). Ground layer (103). Under rock or debris (9). Freshwater river, lake, stream (34). Saltwater (14). Open field, pasture, grassland (48). Forest (99). Desert area (9).
Location and Range
Araneidae (Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, 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, 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: 93
- February: 135
- March: 205
- April: 215
- May: 245
- June: 105
- July: 100
- August: 212
- September: 237
- October: 391
- November: 95
- December: 99