Araneus gemmoides
(Cat-faced Spider)

Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Araneomorphae
• Family: Araneidae
• Genus: Araneus
• Species: Araneus gemmoides

Other Common Names

Cat-faced Spider, Jewel Spider, Plains Orbweaver, Ritz Cracker Spider

Author

Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie, 1935

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 23 confirmed sightings of Araneus gemmoides (Cat-faced Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 1, 2025 by Spider ID member jcosmoasp. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 23 sightings because of certain Araneus gemmoides sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 48% of the time, Araneus gemmoides spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 23)
• Sex: 3 female and 0 male.
• Environment: Araneus gemmoides has been sighted 21 times outdoors, and 4 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (15). Low foliage (2). Ground layer (4).

Location and Range

Araneus gemmoides (Cat-faced Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Araneus gemmoides has also been sighted in the following states: Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington.

Seasonality

Araneus gemmoides has been primarily sighted during the month of October.

• January: 1
• February:
• March:
• April:
• May:
• June: 1
• July: 1
• August: 3
• September: 3
• October: 11
• November: 2
• December: 1