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The spider species Trichonephila clavata, commonly known as Jorō spider, belongs to the genus Trichonephila, in the family Araneidae. Trichonephila clavata spiders have been sighted Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Trichonephila
- Species: Trichonephila clavata
Other Common Names
Joro spider, Asian Fortune-teller Spider
Author
L. Koch, 1878
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Sightings Overview
There have been 35 confirmed sightings of Trichonephila clavata (Jorō spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 8, 2025 by Spider ID member bsuminsc. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 35 sightings because of certain Trichonephila clavata sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 94% of the time, Trichonephila clavata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 35)
- Sex: 5 female and 4 male.
- Environment: Trichonephila clavata has been sighted 48 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (17). On flower (1). Low foliage (11). High foliage (14). Forest (5).
Location and Range
Trichonephila clavata (Jorō spider) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.
Trichonephila clavata has also been sighted in the following states: Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee.
Seasonality
Trichonephila clavata has been primarily sighted during the month of October.
- January:
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- June:
- July: 3
- August: 2
- September: 6
- October: 22
- November: 2
- December:
Additional Remarks
Oct 8, 2025
Oct 1, 2025
Hickory Grove, SC, 
