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
Primary Colors
Sightings Overview
There have been 14 confirmed sightings of Acanthepeira stellata (Star-bellied Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on June 5, 2024 by Spider ID member spidermike-preble. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 14 sightings because of certain Acanthepeira stellata sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 14% of the time, Acanthepeira stellata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 14)
- Sex: 3 female and 0 male.
- Environment: Acanthepeira stellata has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). On flower (1). Low foliage (1). High foliage (2). Ground layer (2).
Location and Range
Acanthepeira stellata (Star-bellied Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.
Acanthepeira stellata has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas, Virginia.
Seasonality
Acanthepeira stellata has been primarily sighted during the month of February.
- January:
- February: 3
- March:
- April: 2
- May: 2
- June: 1
- July:
- August:
- September: 3
- October: 2
- November: 1
- December: