Trichonephila fenestrata
(Hairy Golden Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Trichonephila fenestrata, commonly known as Hairy Golden Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Trichonephila, in the family Araneidae. Trichonephila fenestrata spiders have been sighted 8 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Trichonephila fenestrata includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Trichonephila fenestrata 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
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 8 confirmed sightings of Trichonephila fenestrata (Hairy Golden Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 21, 2019 by Spider ID member carolynfrickie. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 8 sightings because of certain Trichonephila fenestrata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Trichonephila fenestrata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 8)
Sex: 2 female and 0 male.
Environment: Trichonephila fenestrata has been sighted 8 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Low foliage (2). High foliage (2). Forest (3).