Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Araniella
- Species: Araniella displicata
Common Name (AAS
)
Six-spotted Orb-weaver
Author
Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1847
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Sightings Overview
There have been 20 confirmed sightings of Araniella displicata (Six-spotted Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on September 24, 2019 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 20 sightings because of certain Araniella displicata sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 50% of the time, Araniella displicata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 20)
- Sex: 3 female and 1 male.
- Environment: Araniella displicata has been sighted 22 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (9). Low foliage (9). High foliage (2). Saltwater (1). Forest (1).
Location and Range
Araniella displicata (Six-spotted Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.
Araniella displicata has also been sighted in the following states: Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Washington.
Seasonality
Araniella displicata has been primarily sighted during the month of June.
- January:
- February:
- March:
- April: 1
- May: 3
- June: 12
- July:
- August: 1
- September: 1
- October:
- November: 2
- December: