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Evergreen orbweaver

Araneus sturmi (Hahn, 1831)

Status not recordedspiders

The evergreen orbweaver (Araneus sturmi) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 5.5 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Spain.

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Quick facts about the evergreen orbweaver

Weight
Not recorded
Length
4 mm – 5.5 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the evergreen orbweaver?

EVERGREEN ORBWEAVER · LENGTH 5.5 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.5 mm, the recorded maximum length of the evergreen orbweaver is about 0.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the evergreen 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 evergreen orbweaver is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Spain

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the evergreen 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 evergreen orbweaver classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyAraneidae
  6. genusAraneus
  7. SpeciesAraneus sturmi (Hahn, 1831)

Synonyms Aranea sturmi, Araneus agalenoides, Araneus v-notatus, Atea agalena, Atea sturmi, Atea triguttatus, Conaranea sturmi, Epeira agalena, Epeira agalenoides, Epeira alpina, Epeira sturmi, Epeira sturmii, Epeira v-notata

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • křižák SturmůvCzech
  • SchulterkreuzspinneGerman
  • siroristikkiFinnish
  • Épeire de SturmFrench
  • Tamsiarudis LopavorisLithuanian
  • keiserveverNorwegian Bokmål
  • WitruitwielwebspinDutch
  • Krzyżak sieciowyPolish
  • Крестовик ШтурмаRussian
  • križiak SturmovSlovak
  • ruterspindelSwedish
  • Nadelwald-SchulterkreuzspinneGerman
  • Кругопряд ШтурмаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the evergreen orbweaver

Other species in the same genus Araneus.

Barn spider

Araneus cavaticus

AraneidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the evergreen orbweaver?

An adult evergreen orbweaver measures 4 mm – 5.5 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the evergreen orbweaver live?

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

What kind of animal is the evergreen orbweaver?

The evergreen orbweaver (Araneus sturmi) 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). Evergreen orbweaver (Araneus sturmi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/evergreen-orbweaver

MLA

“Evergreen orbweaver (Araneus sturmi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/evergreen-orbweaver.

BibTeX
@misc{evergreen_orbweaver_2026,
  title = {Evergreen orbweaver (Araneus sturmi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/evergreen-orbweaver},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}