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Bordered orbweaver

Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802)

Status not recordedspiders

The bordered orbweaver (Neoscona adianta) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.07 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Japan.

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Quick facts about the bordered orbweaver

Weight
Not recorded
Length
4.3 mm – 1.07 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the bordered orbweaver?

BORDERED ORBWEAVER · LENGTH 1.07 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.07 cm, the recorded maximum length of the bordered orbweaver is about 0.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

What does the bordered orbweaver eat, and what eats it?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded prey of the bordered orbweaver

The 24 best supported of 28 on record

  1. Herina parva3 sources
  2. Stripe-backed Snailkiller Limnia unguicornis3 sources
  3. Chartoscirta cincta3 sources
  4. Herina frondescentiae3 sources
  5. Limnobaris dolorosa3 sources
  6. Pherbina coryleti3 sources
  7. Green leafhopper Cicadella viridis3 sources
  8. Sepedon spinipes3 sources
  9. Lake olive Cloeon simile3 sources
  10. Marmalade fly Episyrphus balteatus3 sources
  11. Hercostomus assimilis3 sources
  12. Ilione lineata3 sources
Show 12 more
  1. Six spotted Snailkiller Ilione albiseta3 sources
  2. False oil beetle Oedemera nobilis3 sources
  3. Cereal leaf beetle Oulema melanopus3 sources
  4. Two-spined grass bug Stenodema calcarata3 sources
  5. Tetanocera ferruginea3 sources
  6. Aphthona lutescens3 sources
  7. Heather ladybird Chilocorus bipustulatus3 sources
  8. Herina nigrina3 sources
  9. Anogcodes fulvicollis2 sources
  10. 14-spotted ladybird Propylea quatuordecimpunctata2 sources
  11. Swammerdamella brevicornis2 sources
  12. Argyra vestita2 sources

Recorded predators of the bordered orbweaver

3 on record

  1. Common reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus3 sources
  2. Raft spider Dolomedes fimbriatus3 sources
  3. Mud dauber wasp Sceliphron caementarium3 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records

Where does the bordered orbweaver 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.

The bordered orbweaver is listed for 1 country.

Japan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Japan

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: WSC (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the bordered orbweaver 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 the bordered orbweaver classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyAraneidae
  6. genusNeoscona
  7. SpeciesNeoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802)

Synonyms Aranea adianta, Aranea doenitzi, Aranea marmorea, Araneus adianta, Araneus adianta japonica, Araneus adiantum, Araneus adiantus, Araneus adiantus, Epeira adianta, Epeira mimula, Epeira segmentata, Epeira triangulata, Meta doenitzi, Miranda adianta, Miranda pictilis, Neoscona adiantum, Neoscona doenitzi, Neoscona doenitzi, Neoscona triangulatus

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • Beautiful orbweb spiderEnglish
  • křižák vlnovkovýCzech
  • KlithjulspinderDanish
  • HeideradnetzspinneGerman
  • HeideradspinneGerman
  • soikkosanikkiFinnish
  • Épeire fougèreFrench
  • Épeire des fougèresFrench
  • Épeires fougèresFrench
  • גלגלית קשוטהHebrew
  • kökény keresztespókHungarian
  • ドヨウオニグモJapanese
  • 각시어리왕거미Korean
  • Viržinis brūzgynvorisLithuanian
  • ovalveverNorwegian Bokmål
  • HeidewielwebspinDutch
  • Potul kłosowiecPolish
  • Неоскона адиантаRussian
  • križiak vlnovkovýSlovak
  • brokig hjulspindelSwedish
  • 黃姬鬼蛛Chinese
  • 灌木新園蛛Chinese
  • 線紋姬鬼蛛Chinese

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the bordered orbweaver

Other species in the same genus Neoscona.

Barn spider

Neoscona crucifera

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bordered orbweaver?

An adult bordered orbweaver measures 4.3 mm – 1.07 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the bordered orbweaver live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the bordered orbweaver for 1 country: Japan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the bordered orbweaver?

The bordered orbweaver (Neoscona adianta) belongs to the family Araneidae in the order Araneae.

What eats the bordered orbweaver?

Animals recorded preying on the bordered orbweaver include common reed bunting, raft spider and mud dauber wasp. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Which animals does the bordered orbweaver eat?

Animals recorded as prey of the bordered orbweaver include herina parva, stripe-backed snailkiller, chartoscirta cincta and herina frondescentiae. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bordered orbweaver (Neoscona adianta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bordered-orbweaver

MLA

“Bordered orbweaver (Neoscona adianta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bordered-orbweaver.

BibTeX
@misc{bordered_orbweaver_2026,
  title = {Bordered orbweaver (Neoscona adianta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bordered-orbweaver},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}