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The spider species Araneus cavaticus, commonly known as Barn Orb-weaver Spider, belongs to the genus Araneus, in the family Araneidae. Araneus cavaticus spiders have been sighted Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Araneus
- Species: Araneus cavaticus
Common Name (AAS
)
Barn Orb-weaver
Other Common Names
Barn Spider
Author
Eugen von Keyserling, 1881
Primary Colors
Sightings Overview
There have been 5 confirmed sightings of Araneus cavaticus (Barn Orb-weaver Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 9, 2019 by Spider ID member nekcycle. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 5 sightings because of certain Araneus cavaticus sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 80% of the time, Araneus cavaticus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 5)
- Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
- Environment: Araneus cavaticus has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (4).
Location and Range
Araneus cavaticus (Barn Orb-weaver Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.
Araneus cavaticus has also been sighted in the following states: Maine, Vermont.
Seasonality
Araneus cavaticus has been primarily sighted during the month of July.
- January:
- February:
- March: 1
- April:
- May: 1
- June:
- July: 1
- August: 1
- September: 1
- October:
- November:
- December:
Aug 9, 2019
Aug 9, 2019
Sutton, 
