Nuctenea umbratica
(Walnut Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Nuctenea umbratica, commonly known as Walnut Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Nuctenea, in the family Araneidae. Nuctenea umbratica spiders have been sighted 27 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Nuctenea umbratica includes 7 countries and 0 states in the United States. Nuctenea umbratica 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: Nuctenea
Species: Nuctenea umbratica

Other Common Names

Walnut Orb-weaver

Author

Carl Alexander Clerck, 1757

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Sightings Overview

There have been 27 confirmed sightings of Nuctenea umbratica (Walnut Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 27, 2019 by Spider ID member schweiz82. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 27 sightings because of certain Nuctenea umbratica sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 37% of the time, Nuctenea umbratica spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 27)
Sex: 2 female and 0 male.
Environment: Nuctenea umbratica has been sighted 18 times outdoors, and 10 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (15). Ground layer (1). Under rock or debris (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1).

Location and Range

Nuctenea umbratica (Walnut Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom.