Araniella

Araniella is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Araniella spiders have been sighted 15 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Araniella includes 2 countries and 6 states in the United States. Araniella is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of June.

Overview

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 15 confirmed sightings of Araniella, with the most recent sighting submitted on February 23, 2025 by Spider ID member vespy. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 15 sightings because of certain Araniella sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 33% of the time, Araniella spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 15)
Sex: 2 female and 1 male.
Environment: Araniella has been sighted 18 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (9). Low foliage (4). High foliage (2). Under rock or debris (1). Saltwater (1). Forest (1).

Location and Range

Araniella has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

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

Seasonality

Araniella has been primarily sighted during the month of June.

January:
February:
March:
April: 1
May: 4
June: 8
July:
August:
September: 1
October:
November: 1
December:

Araniella Species

Araniella displicata
(Six-spotted Orb-weaver)

15 pictures