Araneus
(Angulate & Round-shouldered Orb-weavers)

Araneus, commonly known as Angulate & Round-shouldered Orb-weavers, is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Araneus spiders have been sighted 517 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Araneus includes 2 countries and 42 states in the United States. Araneus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of October.

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 517 confirmed sightings of Araneus (Angulate & Round-shouldered Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 9, 2026 by Spider ID member enigmatic. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 517 sightings because of certain Araneus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 52% of the time, Araneus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 517)
Sex: 76 female and 22 male.
Environment: Araneus has been sighted 553 times outdoors, and 43 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (320). On flower (7). Low foliage (59). High foliage (54). Ground layer (59). Under rock or debris (2). Freshwater river, lake, stream (6). Saltwater (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (15). Forest (30).

Location and Range

Araneus (Angulate & Round-shouldered Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

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, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.