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Fierce orbweaver

Araneus saevus (L. Koch, 1872)

Status not recordedspiders

The fierce orbweaver (Araneus saevus) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.31 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Sweden.

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Quick facts about the fierce orbweaver

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.31 cm
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

How big is the fierce orbweaver?

FIERCE ORBWEAVER · LENGTH 1.31 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.31 cm, the recorded maximum length of the fierce orbweaver is about 0.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

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

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Sweden

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the fierce 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 fierce orbweaver classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyAraneidae
  6. genusAraneus
  7. SpeciesAraneus saevus (L. Koch, 1872)

Synonyms Araneus sinister, Araneus solitarius, Araneus zimmermanni

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • křižák stromovýCzech
  • Schwarze WaldkreuzspinneGerman
  • isoristihämähäkkiFinnish
  • Araignée griseFrench
  • kongeveverNorwegian Bokmål
  • Страшный кругопрядRussian
  • križiak stromovýSlovak
  • kungsspindelSwedish
  • isoristikkiFinnish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the fierce orbweaver

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.

How big is the fierce orbweaver?

An adult fierce orbweaver measures 1.31 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the fierce orbweaver live?

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

What kind of animal is the fierce orbweaver?

The fierce orbweaver (Araneus saevus) 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). Fierce orbweaver (Araneus saevus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fierce-orbweaver

MLA

“Fierce orbweaver (Araneus saevus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fierce-orbweaver.

BibTeX
@misc{fierce_orbweaver_2026,
  title = {Fierce orbweaver (Araneus saevus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fierce-orbweaver},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}