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
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- 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.
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025. 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
- 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.
How to cite this account
Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2578. https://cavebiology.org/species/leucauge-venusta/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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