Larinioides cornutus
(Furrow Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Larinioides cornutus, commonly known as Furrow Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Larinioides, in the family Araneidae. Larinioides cornutus spiders have been sighted 120 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Larinioides cornutus includes 1 countries and 27 states in the United States. Larinioides cornutus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Larinioides
Species: Larinioides cornutus

Common Name (AAS)

Furrow Orb-weaver

Other Common Names

Furrow Spider

Author

Carl Alexander Clerck, 1757

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 120 confirmed sightings of Larinioides cornutus (Furrow Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on July 14, 2025 by Spider ID member nightshinerstudio. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 120 sightings because of certain Larinioides cornutus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 59% of the time, Larinioides cornutus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 120)
Sex: 1 female and 19 male.
Environment: Larinioides cornutus has been sighted 95 times outdoors, and 31 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (88). On flower (1). High foliage (1). Ground layer (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (2). Saltwater (2).

Location and Range

Larinioides cornutus (Furrow Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Larinioides cornutus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.