Socca pustulosa
(Garden Orb-weaver Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Socca pustulosa, commonly known as Garden Orb-weaver Spider, belongs to the genus Eriophora, in the family Araneidae. Socca pustulosa spiders have been sighted 10 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Socca pustulosa includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Socca pustulosa is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of February.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Araneidae
  • Genus: Eriophora
  • Species: Socca pustulosa

Other Common Names

Garden Orb-weaver Spider

Author

(Walckenaer, 1841)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 10 confirmed sightings of Socca pustulosa (Garden Orb-weaver Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 14, 2024 by Spider ID member arachnidsgrip. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 10 sightings because of certain Socca pustulosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 70% of the time, Socca pustulosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 10)
  • Sex: 2 female and 2 male.
  • Environment: Socca pustulosa has been sighted 10 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (7). Low foliage (1). High foliage (2).

Location and Range

Socca pustulosa (Garden Orb-weaver Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: New Zealand.

Seasonality

Socca pustulosa has been primarily sighted during the month of February.

  • January: 2
  • February: 5
  • March: 1
  • April:
  • May: 1
  • June:
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  • August:
  • September: 1
  • October:
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Featured Pictures

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