Orchard Orbweaver
Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus | Leucauge |
| Species | Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky
Counties
- Alabama
- Morgan
- Illinois
- Jo Daviess, Monroe, St. Clair
- Kentucky
- Larue
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
- United States
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
Ranks looked up 2 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025b. A noteworthy range extension of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) south of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 24: N47-N58. doi:10.1656/058.024.0403
- Niemiller, M.L., Maxwell, E. & Higgs, J.P. 2024. A biological inventory of Sinking Spring Cave at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Larue County, Kentucky, USA. U.S. National Park Service, Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA. 21 pp.
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
- Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 August 2026.
How to cite this account
Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2578. https://cavebiology.org/species/leucauge-venusta/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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