Araneus pegnia

Featured spider picture The spider species Araneus pegnia belongs to the genus Araneus, in the family Araneidae. Araneus pegnia spiders have been sighted 10 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Araneus pegnia includes 2 countries and 8 states in the United States. Araneus pegnia 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
  • Species: Araneus pegnia

Author

(Walckenaer, 1841)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 10 confirmed sightings of Araneus pegnia, with the most recent sighting submitted on August 6, 2023 by Spider ID member pfarrow. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 10 sightings because of certain Araneus pegnia sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 50% of the time, Araneus pegnia spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 10)
  • Sex: 0 female and 2 male.
  • Environment: Araneus pegnia has been sighted 6 times outdoors, and 4 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (6).

Location and Range

Araneus pegnia has been sighted in the following countries: Mexico, United States.

Araneus pegnia has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.

Seasonality

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

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

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