Gea heptagon
(Heptagonal Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Gea heptagon, commonly known as Heptagonal Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Gea, in the family Araneidae. Gea heptagon spiders have been sighted 10 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Gea heptagon includes 1 countries and 6 states in the United States. Gea heptagon is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of July.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Gea
Species: Gea heptagon

Other Common Names

Heptagonal Orb-weaver, Seven-sided Orb-weaver

Author

Hentz, 1850

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Sightings Overview

There have been 10 confirmed sightings of Gea heptagon (Heptagonal Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on July 3, 2023 by Spider ID member jns122333. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 10 sightings because of certain Gea heptagon sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 50% of the time, Gea heptagon spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 10)
Sex: 1 female and 3 male.
Environment: Gea heptagon has been sighted 7 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (4). On flower (1). Low foliage (1). Ground layer (1).