Eriophora ravilla
(Tropical Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Eriophora ravilla, commonly known as Tropical Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Eriophora, in the family Araneidae. Eriophora ravilla spiders have been sighted 131 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Eriophora ravilla includes 1 countries and 5 states in the United States. Eriophora ravilla is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Tropical Orb-weaver

Author

Carl Ludwig Koch, 1844

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Sightings Overview

There have been 131 confirmed sightings of Eriophora ravilla (Tropical Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 16, 2025 by Spider ID member davidhouston. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 131 sightings because of certain Eriophora ravilla sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 66% of the time, Eriophora ravilla spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 131)
Sex: 20 female and 6 male.
Environment: Eriophora ravilla has been sighted 146 times outdoors, and 9 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (83). On flower (3). Low foliage (19). High foliage (31). Ground layer (3). Under rock or debris (1). Saltwater (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Forest (3).