Oak spider
Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802)
Status not recordedspiders
The oak spider (Aculepeira ceropegia) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.1 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the oak spider
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 1.1 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
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the oak spider?
What does the oak spider eat, and what eats it?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded prey of the oak spider
23 on record
- Agallia brachyptera2 sources
- Anaceratagallia ribauti2 sources
- Anoscopus flavostriatus2 sources
- Berytinus clavipes2 sources
- Neophilaenus campestris2 sources
- Orius niger2 sources
- Meadow froghopper Philaenus spumarius2 sources
- Stripe-winged grasshopper Stenobothrus lineatus2 sources
- Slender ground hopper Tetrix subulata2 sources
- Long-horned groundhopper Tetrix tenuicornis2 sources
- Lesser marsh grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2 sources
- Steppe grasshopper Chorthippus dorsatus2 sources
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- Chorthippus apricarius2 sources
- Chorthippus biguttulus2 sources
- Carpelimus punctatellus2 sources
- Lygus pratensis2 sources
- European tarnished plant bug Lygus rugulipennis2 sources
- Palporus nitidulus2 sources
- Pella lugens2 sources
- Lygus gemellatus2 sources
- Malachite beetle Malachius bipustulatus2 sources
- Common heart shield Nebria brevicollis2 sources
- Ocypus nitens2 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
- @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
- Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021).
Where does the oak spider live?
Not recorded
Is the oak spider 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 oak spider classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyAraneidae
- genusAculepeira
- SpeciesAculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802)
Synonyms Aculepeira vachoni, Aranea ceropegia, Araneus ceropegius, Miranda ceropegia
Other names and names in other languages (26)
- křižák skvostnýCzech
- EgebladshjulspinderDanish
- Eichblatt-RadspinneGerman
- Echte EichenblattspinneGerman
- Eichblatt-KreuzspinneGerman
- Eichblatt-RadnetzspinneGerman
- Araña hoja de robleSpanish
- Araña orbitela acuminadaSpanish
- rämeristihämähäkkiFinnish
- rämetammikkiFinnish
- Épeire ciréeFrench
- Épeire des boisFrench
- Épeire feuille de chêneFrench
- hegyi fehérsávos-keresztespókHungarian
- Ąžuolalapis VerpstūnasLithuanian
- Ozollapas riteņzirneklisLatvian
- eikebladveverNorwegian Bokmål
- EikenbladspinDutch
- Kołosz wielobarwnyPolish
- Kołyśnik wielobarwnyPolish
- Дубовый паукRussian
- Акулепейра церопегияRussian
- Кругопряд желтопятнистыйRussian
- križiak skvostnýSlovak
- hrastovolistni pajekSlovenian
- eklövsspindelSwedish
Relatives of the oak spider
Other species in the same genus Aculepeira.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the oak spider?
An adult oak spider measures 1.1 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the oak spider?
The oak spider (Aculepeira ceropegia) belongs to the family Araneidae in the order Araneae.
What eats the oak spider?
Animals recorded preying on the oak spider include coal-runner. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Which animals does the oak spider eat?
Animals recorded as prey of the oak spider include agallia brachyptera, anaceratagallia ribauti, anoscopus flavostriatus and berytinus clavipes. 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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