Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Mecynogea
- Species: Mecynogea lemniscata
Common Name (AAS)
Basilica Orbweaver
Other Common Names
Basilica Orb-weaver
Author
(Walckenaer, 1841)
Primary Colors
Sightings Overview
There have been 9 confirmed sightings of Mecynogea lemniscata (Basilica Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on June 26, 2024 by Spider ID member steve-acesta. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 9 sightings because of certain Mecynogea lemniscata sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 89% of the time, Mecynogea lemniscata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 9)
- Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
- Environment: Mecynogea lemniscata has been sighted 9 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Low foliage (3). High foliage (6).
Location and Range
Mecynogea lemniscata (Basilica Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.
Mecynogea lemniscata has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina.
Seasonality
Mecynogea lemniscata has been primarily sighted during the month of July.
- January:
- February:
- March:
- April: 1
- May:
- June: 1
- July: 7
- August:
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- December: