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Pumpkin spider

Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757

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The pumpkin spider (Araneus marmoreus) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 2.06 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including France, Germany and Italy.

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Quick facts about the pumpkin spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
5 mm – 2.06 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grassland, wetland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the pumpkin spider?

PUMPKIN SPIDER · LENGTH 2.06 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.06 cm, the recorded maximum length of the pumpkin spider is about 1.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the pumpkin spider 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 pumpkin spider is listed for 5 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. France
  2. Germany
  3. Italy
  4. Sweden
  5. Switzerland

Is the pumpkin 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 pumpkin spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyAraneidae
  6. genusAraneus
  7. SpeciesAraneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757

Synonyms Aranea aurantia, Aranea aurantio-maculata, Aranea betulae, Aranea gigas, Aranea marmorea, Aranea melittagria, Aranea pyramidata, Aranea raji, Aranea regalis, Aranea reticulata, Aranea scalaris, Aranea tusigia, Araneus annulipes, Araneus aurantiomaculatus, Araneus aurantius, Araneus babel, Araneus betulae, Araneus conspicellatus, Araneus flavus, Araneus gigas, Araneus graduatus, Araneus insularis, Araneus jenisoni, Araneus luteus, Araneus marmoreus marmoreus, Araneus marmoreus subsp. pyramidatus, Araneus marmoreus var. marmoreus, Araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus, Araneus melittagrius, Araneus obesus, Araneus pyramidata, Araneus pyramidatus, Araneus raji, Araneus raji betulae, Araneus regalis, Araneus reticulatus, Araneus scalaris, Araneus tusigia, Dysdera lutea, Epeira annulipes, Epeira conspicellata, Epeira flava, Epeira graduata, Epeira insularis, Epeira jenisoni, Epeira marmorea, Epeira marmorea principalis, Epeira marmorea pyramidata, Epeira melittagria, Epeira obesa, Epeira pyramidata, Epeira raji, Epeira scalaris

Other names and names in other languages (25)
  • Angulate & roundshouldered orbweaverEnglish
  • Marbled orb-weaverEnglish
  • Marbled orbweaverEnglish
  • křižák mramorovanýCzech
  • Marmoreret hjulspinderDanish
  • Marmorierte KreuzspinneGerman
  • Araña calabazaSpanish
  • MarmorvõrkurlaneEstonian
  • marmoriristihämähäkkiFinnish
  • Épeire marbréeFrench
  • márványos keresztespókHungarian
  • キバナオニグモJapanese
  • 마불왕거미Korean
  • Marmurinis KryžiuotisLithuanian
  • Marmora riteņzirneklisLatvian
  • marmorveverNorwegian Bokmål
  • MarmerspinDutch
  • Krzyżak dwubarwnyPolish
  • Păianjen de marmurăRomanian
  • Крестовик мраморныйRussian
  • križiak dvojfarebnýSlovak
  • marmorspindelSwedish
  • marmoristikkiFinnish
  • Araignée marbréeFrench
  • Мраморный кругопрядRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pumpkin spider

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 pumpkin spider?

An adult pumpkin spider measures 5 mm – 2.06 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the pumpkin spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the pumpkin spider for 5 countries: France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the pumpkin spider?

The pumpkin spider (Araneus marmoreus) 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). Pumpkin spider (Araneus marmoreus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pumpkin-spider

MLA

“Pumpkin spider (Araneus marmoreus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pumpkin-spider.

BibTeX
@misc{pumpkin_spider_2026,
  title = {Pumpkin spider (Araneus marmoreus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pumpkin-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}