Cyclosa
(Trashline Orb-weavers)

Cyclosa, commonly known as Trashline Orb-weavers, is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Cyclosa spiders have been sighted 17 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Cyclosa includes 2 countries and 10 states in the United States. Cyclosa 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: Cyclosa

Common Name (AAS)

Trashline Orb-weavers

Author

Franz Anton Menge, 1866

Sightings Overview

There have been 17 confirmed sightings of Cyclosa (Trashline Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on June 15, 2025 by Spider ID member jcarden97. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 17 sightings because of certain Cyclosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 82% of the time, Cyclosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 17)
Sex: 2 female and 3 male.
Environment: Cyclosa has been sighted 19 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (11). Low foliage (6). High foliage (1). Forest (1).

Location and Range

Cyclosa (Trashline Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Cyclosa has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia.