Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Araneus
- Species: Araneus trifolium
Common Name (AAS
)
Shamrock Orb-weaver
Other Common Names
Pumpkin Spider, Shamrock Spider
Author
Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1847
Primary Colors
Sightings Overview
There have been 40 confirmed sightings of Araneus trifolium (Shamrock Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 12, 2023 by Spider ID member woody27249. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 40 sightings because of certain Araneus trifolium sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 35% of the time, Araneus trifolium spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 40)
- Sex: 8 female and 0 male.
- Environment: Araneus trifolium has been sighted 44 times outdoors, and 4 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (22). Low foliage (12). Ground layer (4). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (4). Forest (1).
Location and Range
Araneus trifolium (Shamrock Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.
Araneus trifolium has also been sighted in the following states: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin.
Seasonality
Araneus trifolium has been primarily sighted during the month of October.
- January:
- February:
- March:
- April:
- May:
- June:
- July: 1
- August: 13
- September: 11
- October: 14
- November: 1
- December: