Verrucosa arenata
(Arrowhead Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Verrucosa arenata, commonly known as Arrowhead Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Verrucosa, in the family Araneidae. Verrucosa arenata spiders have been sighted 5 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Verrucosa arenata includes 1 countries and 3 states in the United States. Verrucosa arenata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of August.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Verrucosa
Species: Verrucosa arenata

Other Common Names

Arrowhead Spider, Arrowhead Orb-weaver, Triangle Orb-weaver, Triangle Spider

Author

Walckenaer, 1841

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 5 confirmed sightings of Verrucosa arenata (Arrowhead Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 8, 2018 by Spider ID member rlumpkin. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 5 sightings because of certain Verrucosa arenata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 80% of the time, Verrucosa arenata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 5)
Sex: 2 female and 1 male.
Environment: Verrucosa arenata has been sighted 5 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). High foliage (4).