Araniella

Araniella is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Araniella spiders have been sighted 44 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Araniella includes 11 countries and 7 states in the United States. Araniella is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Araniella

Author

Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

Sightings Overview

There have been 44 confirmed sightings of Araniella, with the most recent sighting submitted on June 23, 2024 by Spider ID member rcspider. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 44 sightings because of certain Araniella sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 41% of the time, Araniella spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 44)
Sex: 5 female and 12 male.
Environment: Araniella has been sighted 40 times outdoors, and 9 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (14). On flower (3). Low foliage (14). High foliage (6). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Saltwater (1). Forest (1).

Location and Range

Araniella has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom, United States.

Araniella has also been sighted in the following states: Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Washington.