Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Araneus
- Species: Araneus gemma
Author
(McCook, 1888)
Primary Colors
Sightings Overview
There have been 6 confirmed sightings of Araneus gemma, with the most recent sighting submitted on April 2, 2019 by Spider ID member dirtybill. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 6 sightings because of certain Araneus gemma sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 33% of the time, Araneus gemma spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 6)
- Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
- Environment: Araneus gemma has been sighted 6 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (4). Under rock or debris (1). Saltwater (1).
Location and Range
Araneus gemma has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.
Araneus gemma has also been sighted in the following states: California, Oregon.
Seasonality
Araneus gemma has been primarily sighted during the month of March.
- January:
- February:
- March: 2
- April: 1
- May: 1
- June:
- July:
- August:
- September:
- October: 1
- November: 1
- December: