Macracantha arcuata
(Long-horned Orb-weaver, Curved Spiny Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Macracantha arcuata, commonly known as Long-horned Orb-weaver, Curved Spiny Spider, belongs to the genus Macracantha, in the family Araneidae. Macracantha arcuata spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Macracantha arcuata includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Macracantha arcuata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of March.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Macracantha
Species: Macracantha arcuata

Other Common Names

Long Horned Orb-weaver, Curved Spiny Spider

Author

(Fabricius, 1793)

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Macracantha arcuata (Long-horned Orb-weaver, Curved Spiny Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 3, 2019 by Spider ID member neoscona. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Macracantha arcuata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 50% of the time, Macracantha arcuata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Macracantha arcuata has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (2). Forest (2).