Acanthepeira stellata
(Star-bellied Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Acanthepeira stellata, commonly known as Star-bellied Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Acanthepeira, in the family Araneidae. Acanthepeira stellata spiders have been sighted 13 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Acanthepeira stellata includes 2 countries and 8 states in the United States. Acanthepeira stellata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of February.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Acanthepeira
Species: Acanthepeira stellata

Common Name (AAS)

Star-bellied Orb-weaver

Author

Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1805

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Sightings Overview

There have been 13 confirmed sightings of Acanthepeira stellata (Star-bellied Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 20, 2019 by Spider ID member sirsloth0130. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 13 sightings because of certain Acanthepeira stellata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 15% of the time, Acanthepeira stellata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 13)
Sex: 3 female and 0 male.
Environment: Acanthepeira stellata has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). Low foliage (1). High foliage (2). Ground layer (2).