Ornamental orbweaver
Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757)
Status not recordedspiders
The ornamental orbweaver (Larinioides patagiatus) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.1 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: China and Iceland.
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Quick facts about the ornamental orbweaver
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 5 mm – 1.1 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 2 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the ornamental orbweaver?
What eats the ornamental orbweaver?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded predators of the ornamental orbweaver
1 on record
- Red legged spider wasp Episyron rufipes3 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/164616159
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164616030
- Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021).
Where does the ornamental 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 ornamental 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.
Is the ornamental 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 ornamental orbweaver classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyAraneidae
- genusLarinioides
- SpeciesLarinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757)
Synonyms Aranea apoclysa, Aranea dumetorum, Aranea dumetorum islandicola, Aranea folium, Aranea lacera, Aranea nigro-fasciata, Aranea ocellata, Aranea patagiata, Aranea picta, Araneus ithaca, Araneus ocellatus, Araneus patagiatus, Araneus potanini, Araneus sericatus, Araneus subflavus, Cyphepeira patagiata, Epeira apoclysa, Epeira dumetorum, Epeira folium, Epeira formosa, Epeira gracilis, Epeira hilaris, Epeira ithaca, Epeira munda, Epeira nauseosa, Epeira patagiata, Epeira silvicultrix, Larinioides dumetorum, Larinioides folium, Larinioides gracilis, Larinioides ithaca, Larinioides ocellatus, Larinioides patagiata, Larinioides patagiatus islandicola, Larinioides patagiatus patagiatus, Larinioides potanini, Nuctenea patagiata, Nuctenea patagiata
Other names and names in other languages (20)
- Bordered orbweaverEnglish
- křižák keřovýCzech
- SkovhjulspinderDanish
- StrauchradspinneGerman
- Gerandete SchilfradspinneGerman
- HeckenkreuzspinneGerman
- kaunokiilakkiFinnish
- Araignée frangéeFrench
- parti keresztespókHungarian
- コウモリオニグモJapanese
- Pleištadėmis žnypliavorisLithuanian
- fururetrettveverNorwegian Bokmål
- Vale wielwebspinDutch
- Krzyżak bursztynowyPolish
- Лиственный кругопрядRussian
- Крестовик окаймлённыйRussian
- Лариниоидес каемчатыйRussian
- Окаймлённый кругопрядRussian
- križiak kríkovýSlovak
- brämspindelSwedish
Relatives of the ornamental orbweaver
Other species in the same genus Larinioides.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the ornamental orbweaver?
An adult ornamental orbweaver measures 5 mm – 1.1 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the ornamental orbweaver live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the ornamental orbweaver for 2 countries: China and Iceland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the ornamental orbweaver?
The ornamental orbweaver (Larinioides patagiatus) belongs to the family Araneidae in the order Araneae.
What eats the ornamental orbweaver?
Animals recorded preying on the ornamental orbweaver include red legged spider wasp. 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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