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.
Seasonality
Trichonephila has been primarily sighted during the month of March.
- January: 4
- February: 5
- March: 20
- April: 6
- May: 8
- June: 4
- July: 7
- August: 5
- September: 6
- October: 15
- November: 3
- December: 4
Additional Remarks