Barn Orbweaver
Araneus cavaticus (Keyserling, 1881)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Chelicerata |
| Class | Arachnida |
| Order | Araneae |
| Family | Araneidae |
| Genus | Araneus |
| Species | Araneus cavaticus (Keyserling, 1881) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Kentucky
Counties
- Alabama
- Jackson, Madison
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- Canada
- NU
- United States
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Archer, A.F. 1940. Some cave spiders of Alabama. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science 12: 28.
- Archer, A.F. 1940. The Argiopidae or orb-weaving spiders of Alabama. Paper of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 14: 7–77.
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
How to cite this account
Araneus cavaticus (Keyserling, 1881). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2204. https://cavebiology.org/species/araneus-cavaticus/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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