Gasteracantha geminata
(Oriental Spiny Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Gasteracantha geminata, commonly known as Oriental Spiny Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Gasteracantha, in the family Araneidae. Gasteracantha geminata spiders have been sighted 5 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Gasteracantha geminata includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Gasteracantha geminata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of January.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Gasteracantha
Species: Gasteracantha geminata

Other Common Names

Oriental Spiny Orb-weaver

Author

(Fabricius, 1798)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 5 confirmed sightings of Gasteracantha geminata (Oriental Spiny Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on March 18, 2019 by Spider ID member thejesha. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 5 sightings because of certain Gasteracantha geminata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 60% of the time, Gasteracantha geminata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 5)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Gasteracantha geminata has been sighted 6 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (3). High foliage (2). Forest (1).