Trichonephila sumptuosa
(Sumptuous Golden Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Trichonephila sumptuosa, commonly known as Sumptuous Golden Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Trichonephila, in the family Araneidae. Trichonephila sumptuosa spiders have been sighted 1 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Trichonephila sumptuosa includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Trichonephila sumptuosa is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of October.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Sumptuous Golden Orb-weaver, Red-legged Golden Orb-web Spider

Author

Gerstäcker, 1873

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Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Trichonephila sumptuosa (Sumptuous Golden Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 23, 2018 by Spider ID member gardenr. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Trichonephila sumptuosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Trichonephila sumptuosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Trichonephila sumptuosa has been sighted 1 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (1).