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 12 confirmed sightings of Verrucosa arenata (Arrowhead Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on March 21, 2024 by Spider ID member carla-d. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 12 sightings because of certain Verrucosa arenata sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 83% of the time, Verrucosa arenata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 12)
- Sex: 2 female and 1 male.
- Environment: Verrucosa arenata has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (4). Low foliage (1). High foliage (6). Forest (1).
Location and Range
Verrucosa arenata (Arrowhead Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.
Verrucosa arenata has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
Seasonality
Verrucosa arenata has been primarily sighted during the month of August.
- January:
- February:
- March:
- April:
- May: 1
- June: 2
- July: 2
- August: 4
- September:
- October: 3
- November:
- December: