Bug FAQConical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa conica · Order: Araneae · Family: Araneidae
Also called: Cone-shaped Orbweaver, Conical Orbweaver
Females are about 5 to 8 mm long and males about 4 mm. It builds a vertical-striped orb web and often hides on a line of debris, making it hard to see until it moves. It is an orb-weaver spider.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It hides on a string of debris and its natural colour blends in, so it is difficult to spot until it moves. Its web has a distinct vertical stripe down the centre.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Females range from about 5.3 mm to 7.5 mm; males are about 3.6 mm to 4 mm long.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 45 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Ohio, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Alaska, Maine, Wisconsin.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Araneidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclosa_conica
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.