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 25 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Cyclosa includes 8 countries and 10 states in the United States. Cyclosa 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: Cyclosa

Common Name (AAS)

Trashline Orb-weavers

Author

Franz Anton Menge, 1866

Sightings Overview

There have been 25 confirmed sightings of Cyclosa (Trashline Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 28, 2019 by Spider ID member shanononons. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 25 sightings because of certain Cyclosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 88% of the time, Cyclosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 25)
Sex: 3 female and 4 male.
Environment: Cyclosa has been sighted 27 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (13). Low foliage (11). High foliage (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Forest (1).

Location and Range

Cyclosa (Trashline Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, United States.

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