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
Primary Colors
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).
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:
- February:
- March: 5
- April: 2
- May:
- June:
- July:
- August:
- September:
- October:
- November:
- December: 1
Additional Remarks