Araneus pegnia

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 September 1, 2025 by Spider ID member bcocozzi. 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 7 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (7).

Location and Range

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

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

Seasonality

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

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