Carmine orbweaver
Cercidia prominens (Westring, 1851)
Status not recordedspiders
The carmine orbweaver (Cercidia prominens) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 6.5 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Sweden and Switzerland.
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Quick facts about the carmine orbweaver
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 4 mm – 6.5 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest, grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 2 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the carmine orbweaver?
Where does the carmine 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 carmine orbweaver is listed for 2 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: WSC (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the carmine orbweaver as introduced in 1 country.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the carmine 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 carmine orbweaver classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyAraneidae
- genusCercidia
- SpeciesCercidia prominens (Westring, 1851)
Synonyms Cercidia bella, Cercidia carinata, Cercidia ochracea, Cercidia scutifera, Cercidia spinosa, Epeira prominens
Other names and names in other languages (14)
- křižák trnečkovýCzech
- Oval dværgbuskspinderDanish
- ErdkreuzspinneGerman
- parrakkiFinnish
- Cercidia épineuseFrench
- pajzsos keresztespókHungarian
- Smailiapilvis akuotvorisLithuanian
- kuleveverNorwegian Bokmål
- StekelrugjeDutch
- Ściółek nieparekPolish
- Церцидия выпуклаяRussian
- Выступающая церцидияRussian
- križiak tŕnikovýSlovak
- kilhjulspindelSwedish
Relatives of the carmine orbweaver
Other species in the same genus Cercidia.
CompareCarmine orbweaver vs Cercidia leviiCarmine orbweaver vs Cercidia punctigera
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the carmine orbweaver?
An adult carmine orbweaver measures 4 mm – 6.5 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the carmine orbweaver live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the carmine orbweaver for 2 countries: Sweden and Switzerland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the carmine orbweaver an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the carmine orbweaver as introduced in 1 country: Canada, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the carmine orbweaver?
The carmine orbweaver (Cercidia prominens) belongs to the family Araneidae in the order Araneae.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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