Gorse orbweaver
Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763)
Status not recordedspiders
The gorse orbweaver (Agalenatea redii) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.03 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including France, Italy and Poland.
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Quick facts about the gorse orbweaver
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 4.6 mm – 1.03 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 4 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the gorse orbweaver?
What does the gorse orbweaver eat, and what eats it?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded prey of the gorse orbweaver
The 24 best supported of 189 on record
- Harmonia axyridis3 sources
- Interrupted Sunshiner Amara communis2 sources
- Amara convexior2 sources
- Rumble-backed Sunshiner Amara eurynota2 sources
- Narrow-dimpled Sunshiner Amara similata2 sources
- Amara plebeja2 sources
- Anisodactylus binotatus2 sources
- Asaphidion pallipes2 sources
- Bembidion lampros2 sources
- Bembidion properans2 sources
- Brachinus explodens2 sources
- Dark-footed harp ground beetle Calathus fuscipes2 sources
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- Calathus melanocephalus2 sources
- Granulated ground beetle Carabus granulatus2 sources
- Carabus auratus2 sources
- Black-shouldered shieldbug Carpocoris purpureipennis2 sources
- Green thistle beetle Cassida rubiginosa2 sources
- Cassida sanguinosa2 sources
- Ceutorhynchus erysimi2 sources
- Beet flea beetle Chaetocnema concinna2 sources
- Chaetocnema picipes2 sources
- Lesser marsh grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2 sources
- Steppe grasshopper Chorthippus dorsatus2 sources
- Chorthippus apricarius2 sources
Recorded predators of the gorse orbweaver
8 on record
- Bronze carabid Carabus nemoralis2 sources
- One-eyed centipede Lamyctes emarginatus2 sources
- Carabus auratus2 sources
- Common heart shield Nebria brevicollis2 sources
- Tent spider Pisaura mirabilis2 sources
- Trochosa ruricola2 sources
- Coal-runner Pterostichus melanarius2 sources
- Asian hornet Vespa velutina2 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
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11288661
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11288638
- Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021).
- @article{Hines_2019, doi = {10.1002/ecy.2679}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fecy.2679}, year = 2019, month = {mar}, publisher = {Wiley}, pages = {e02679}, author = {Jes Hines and Darren P. Giling and Michael Rzanny and Winfried Voigt and Sebastian T. Meyer and Wolfgang W. Weisser and Nico Eisenha
- Rome Q, Perrard A, Muller F, Fontaine C, Quilès A, Zuccon D, Villemant C. 2021. Not just honeybees: predatory habits of Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in France. Annales De La Societe Entomologique De France 57: 1-11. doi:10.1080/00379271.2020.1867005
Where does the gorse 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 gorse orbweaver is listed for 4 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.
Is the gorse 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 gorse orbweaver classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyAraneidae
- genusAgalenatea
- SpeciesAgalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms Agalenatea aldrovandi, Agalenatea biocellata, Agalenatea coeletron, Agalenatea cratera, Agalenatea myabora, Agalenatea solers, Agelenatea redii, Agelenatea solers, Agelenatea sollers, Anetes caeletron, Aranea aldrovandi, Aranea cratera, Aranea redi, Araneus myabora, Araneus redii, Araneus redii, Atea sclopetaria, Epeira agalena, Epeira biocellata, Epeira cratera, Epeira redii, Epeira redii, Epeira sollers, Epeira sollers
Other names and names in other languages (17)
- Gorse orb-weaverEnglish
- Gorse orbweb spiderEnglish
- křižák pýřitýCzech
- Lodden hjulspinderDanish
- KörbchenspinneGerman
- pörrökkiFinnish
- Épeire de veloursFrench
- széles keresztespókHungarian
- Rudasis RezginuolisLithuanian
- Brede wielwebspinDutch
- Krzyżaczek ugorowyPolish
- tecedeira-de-veludoPortuguese
- Кругопряд РедиRussian
- Агаленатея РедиRussian
- križiak chlpatýSlovak
- sammetshjulspindelSwedish
- Агаленатея РедіїваUkrainian
Relatives of the gorse orbweaver
Other species in the same genus Agalenatea.
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the gorse orbweaver?
An adult gorse orbweaver measures 4.6 mm – 1.03 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the gorse orbweaver live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the gorse orbweaver for 4 countries: France, Italy, Poland and Slovenia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the gorse orbweaver?
The gorse orbweaver (Agalenatea redii) belongs to the family Araneidae in the order Araneae.
What eats the gorse orbweaver?
Animals recorded preying on the gorse orbweaver include bronze carabid, one-eyed centipede, carabus auratus and common heart shield. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Which animals does the gorse orbweaver eat?
Animals recorded as prey of the gorse orbweaver include harmonia axyridis, interrupted sunshiner, amara convexior and rumble-backed sunshiner. 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.
- 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 Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - 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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