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 September 18, 2024 by Spider ID member nvcexploder. 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 13 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (4). Low foliage (1). High foliage (7). 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, North Carolina, 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: 1
- August: 4
- September: 1
- October: 3
- November:
- December: