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Araneus cyclops

Status not recordedspiders

Araneus cyclops is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Ethiopia.

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Quick facts about Araneus cyclops

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Araneus cyclops live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Araneus cyclops is listed for 1 country.

Ethiopia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Ethiopia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Araneus cyclops endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Araneus cyclops classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyAraneidae
  6. genusAraneus
  7. SpeciesAraneus cyclops Caporiacco, 1940

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Araneus cyclops

Other species in the same genus Araneus.

Barn spider

Araneus cavaticus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Araneus cyclops live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Araneus cyclops for 1 country: Ethiopia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Araneus cyclops?

Araneus cyclops (Araneus cyclops) belongs to the family Araneidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Araneus cyclops (Araneus cyclops). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/araneus-cyclops

MLA

“Araneus cyclops (Araneus cyclops).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/araneus-cyclops.

BibTeX
@misc{araneus_cyclops_2026,
  title = {Araneus cyclops (Araneus cyclops)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/araneus-cyclops},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}