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Small round orbweaver

Araneus rotundulus (Keyserling, 1887)

Status not recordedspiders

The small round orbweaver (Araneus rotundulus) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the small round orbweaver

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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

Where does the small round 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 small round orbweaver is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the small round 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 small round orbweaver classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyAraneidae
  6. genusAraneus
  7. SpeciesAraneus rotundulus (Keyserling, 1887)
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Round orb-weaving spiderEnglish
  • Small round orb-weaverEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the small round orbweaver

Other species in the same genus Araneus.

Barn spider

Araneus cavaticus

AraneidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the small round orbweaver live?

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

What kind of animal is the small round orbweaver?

The small round orbweaver (Araneus rotundulus) 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). Small round orbweaver (Araneus rotundulus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-round-orbweaver

MLA

“Small round orbweaver (Araneus rotundulus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-round-orbweaver.

BibTeX
@misc{small_round_orbweaver_2026,
  title = {Small round orbweaver (Araneus rotundulus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-round-orbweaver},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}