Trichonephila
(Golden Orb-weavers)

Trichonephila, commonly known as Golden Orb-weavers, is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Trichonephila spiders have been sighted 92 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Trichonephila includes 17 countries and 6 states in the United States. Trichonephila 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: Trichonephila

Other Common Names

Golden Orb-weavers

Author

Dahl, 1911

Sightings Overview

There have been 92 confirmed sightings of Trichonephila (Golden Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 16, 2020 by Spider ID member niceguy4704. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 92 sightings because of certain Trichonephila sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 89% of the time, Trichonephila spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 75)
Sex: 37 female and 12 male.
Environment: Trichonephila has been sighted 91 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (28). On flower (1). Low foliage (23). High foliage (26). Ground layer (1). Saltwater (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (1). Forest (10).

Location and Range

Trichonephila (Golden Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Costa Rica, Malawi, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, U.S., Zambia.

Trichonephila has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas.