Araneus diadematus
Clerck, 1757 · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Araneus diadematus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility220 565 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI435 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics209 specimens↗
World Spider Trait DBMasaryk University59 traits · 36 refs↗
World Spider CatalogNaturhist. Museum Bernworld catalog↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~2.51 Gbp↗
TimeTreeTemple University686 Mya from humans↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactions190 partners↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The spider species Araneus diadematus is commonly called the European garden spider, diadem spider, orangie, cross spider and crowned orb weaver. It is sometimes called the pumpkin spider, although this name is also used for a different species, Araneus marmoreus. It is an orb-weaver spider found in Europe, where it is native, and North America, where it is introduced.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compiled from 36 sources
Morphometry36
Predation7
Ecology8
Biomechanics4
Anatomy2
Defence1
Morphology1
Every species Araneus diadematus is documented to interact with — what eats it, what it eats, and the species it lives alongside. Pick a category to list every partner. Compiled from GLoBI.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Araneus diadematus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
You and Araneus diadematus last shared a common ancestor about 686 million years ago — go back that far and a single family tree includes both of you. Same four DNA letters since then, just rearranged.
The complete instruction manual Araneus diadematus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Record type220 565 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions24 of 63 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Helsinki, FI | 474 |
| Brussels, BE | 390 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 128 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 119 |
| RMZlocation not on record | 90 |
| Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 77 |
| Bonn, DE | 71 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 67 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 67 |
| University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 54 |
| Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record | 47 |
| 34 | |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 33 |
| Bern, CH | 32 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 32 |
| Ekaterinburg, RU | 31 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 30 |
| Tartu, EE | 26 |
| Tilburg, NL | 24 |
| Saint John, CA | 23 |
| Senckenberg Museum fuer Naturkunde Goerlitzlocation not on record | 22 |
| Akademia Pomorska w Słupskulocation not on record | 22 |
| Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology (IPAE), UB RASlocation not on record | 19 |
| Uniwersytet w Białymstokulocation not on record | 18 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 18 |
| Cambridge, US | 16 |
| Ohio State University Acarology Laboratorylocation not on record | 13 |
| SNSDlocation not on record | 13 |
| Denver, US | 11 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 9 |
| South Kensington, GB | 8 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 7 |
| ARTlocation not on record | 6 |
| Biodiversity Institute of Ontariolocation not on record | 6 |
| Washington, US | 6 |
| Royal Ontario Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| University of Tokyo, Department of Zoologylocation not on record | 6 |
| Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record | 5 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 5 |
| Paro, BT | 4 |
| Geneva, CH | 4 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Liverpool, GB | 3 |
| Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record | 3 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 2 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 2 |
| neflocation not on record | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Münchenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Buenos Aires, AR | 2 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 1 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 1 |
| UGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cincinnati, US | 1 |
| MBRPlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| SOVTlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology (IPAE) UB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| University Park, US | 1 |
| Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Informatics Departmentlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Araneus diadematus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.