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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araniella » Sixspotted Orbweaver (Araniella displicata)

Species Araniella displicata - Sixspotted Orbweaver

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

unknown spider - Araniella displicata - male

juvenile orb weaver - Araniella displicata

Pretty Araniella - Araniella displicata - female

Yellow and orange spider - Araniella displicata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Araniella

Species displicata (Sixspotted Orbweaver)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Author of the name Hentz. Year first published: 1847.

Latin for "scattered, dispersed"

Gender: Feminine

Identification

The possession of three (rarely four) pairs of small black spots on the abdominal dorsum is somewhat diagnostic for this species (Sacher, 1990).

Females

Males

Juveniles

Egg Sacs

Palp

Range

The published range for this species ranges from Nova Scotia west to Alaska and south in the eastern portion of its range to North Carolina and south to California and New Mexico in the west (but absent from the southern Great Plains).(1) Citizen scientists here on BugGuide have found this species may occur more widely.

A. displicata has been recorded in these US states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NT, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY and these Canadian Provinces/Territories: AB, BC, MB, NF, NS, ON, PQ, SK, YT

See Also

~ A. proxima has been recorded in these Canadian Provinces/Territories: AB BC NL NT QC SK

Print References

Spiders of the Eastern US, Howell and Jenkins, page 153

Works Cited

1.	The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska - The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23 Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P, Paquin and H.W. Levi. 2003. NRC Research Press.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 28 December, 2005 - 1:34pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, smccann27, Chuck Entz, kschnei, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 18 January, 2023 - 8:07am

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