Garden tent-web spider

Cyrtophora cicatrosa · Order: Araneae · Family: Araneidae

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Garden tent-web spider
Photo: unknown, CC0

It builds a dense, three-dimensional dome-shaped web that is attached to supports and looks like a mountain in the middle. This species is common in gardens across many parts of Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a small spider with long legs.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is common in gardens and builds a very dense, thick, three-dimensional tent-like web.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found in many parts of Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 1 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Kansas.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

More photos

Garden tent-web spider photo 3
Photo: AnnLazaro, CC BY-SA

Same family (Araneidae)

Cross OrbweaverCross OrbweaverAraneus diadematusCan biteYellow Garden SpiderYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteSpotted OrbweaverSpotted OrbweaverNeoscona cruciferaCan biteGolden Silk SpiderGolden Silk SpiderTrichonephila clavipesCan biteFurrow OrbweaverFurrow OrbweaverLarinioides cornutusCan biteJoro SpiderJoro SpiderTrichonephila clavataCan bite

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtophora_cicatrosa

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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