Araneus pallidus
(Pale Cross Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Araneus pallidus, commonly known as Pale Cross Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Araneus, in the family Araneidae. Araneus pallidus spiders have been sighted 4 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Araneus pallidus includes 3 countries and 0 states in the United States. Araneus pallidus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of December.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Pale Cross Orb-weaver

Author

(Olivier, 1789)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 4 confirmed sightings of Araneus pallidus (Pale Cross Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 25, 2019 by Spider ID member semprempe. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 4 sightings because of certain Araneus pallidus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 75% of the time, Araneus pallidus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 4)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Araneus pallidus has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Low foliage (2). High foliage (1).