Trichonephila inaurata
(Red-legged Golden Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Trichonephila inaurata, commonly known as Red-legged Golden Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Trichonephila, in the family Araneidae. Trichonephila inaurata spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Trichonephila inaurata includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Trichonephila inaurata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Trichonephila
Species: Trichonephila inaurata

Other Common Names

Red-legged Golden Orb-weaver

Author

(Walckenaer, 1841)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Trichonephila inaurata (Red-legged Golden Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 27, 2019 by Spider ID member wildcatsnake. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Trichonephila inaurata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 50% of the time, Trichonephila inaurata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Trichonephila inaurata has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). On flower (1). Low foliage (1). High foliage (1).