Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Trichonephila
- Species: Trichonephila fenestrata
Other Common Names
Hairy Golden Orb-weaver, Black-legged Nephila
Author
Thorell, 1859
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Sightings Overview
There have been 12 confirmed sightings of Trichonephila fenestrata (Hairy Golden Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 15, 2025 by Spider ID member 625393386. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 12 sightings because of certain Trichonephila fenestrata sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 92% of the time, Trichonephila fenestrata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 12)
- Sex: 2 female and 0 male.
- Environment: Trichonephila fenestrata has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (3). On flower (1). Low foliage (3). High foliage (2). Forest (3).
Location and Range
Trichonephila fenestrata (Hairy Golden Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: South Africa, Zambia.
Seasonality
Trichonephila fenestrata has been primarily sighted during the month of March.
- January: 1
- February:
- March: 6
- April: 4
- May:
- June:
- July:
- August:
- September:
- October:
- November:
- December: 1
Additional Remarks