Araniella displicata
(Six-spotted Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Araniella displicata, commonly known as Six-spotted Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Araniella, in the family Araneidae. Araniella displicata spiders have been sighted 20 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Araniella displicata includes 2 countries and 7 states in the United States. Araniella displicata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of June.

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).