Verrucosa arenata

Verrucosa arenata, also known as the arrowhead spider, arrowhead orb weaver, or triangle orb weaver, is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae). It is widely distributed in the New World. Other species of the genus Verrucosa occur in North and South America.[1]

Verrucosa arenata
female V. arenata from Virginia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Verrucosa
Species:
V. arenata
Binomial name
Verrucosa arenata
Synonyms[1]
  • Epeira mexicana Lucas, 1833
  • Epeira arenata Walckenaer, 1841
  • Epeira verrucosa Hentz, 1850
  • Acanthepeira verrucosa Marx, 1883
  • Verrucosa arenata McCook, 1888
  • Mahadeva verrucosa Keyserling, 1892
  • Verrucosa arenata McCook, 1894
  • Araneus mexicanus Simon, 1895
  • Epeira verrucosa Emerton, 1902
  • Verrucosa arenata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904
  • Araneus arenatus Petrunkevitch, 1911
  • Araneus aequiangulus Franganillo, 1930
  • Araneus aequiangulus ochraceus Franganillo, 1930
  • Verrucosa arenata Petrunkevitch, 1930
  • Verrucosa arenata Levi, 1976
  • Verrucosa arenata Coddington, 1990
  • Verrucosa arenata Scharff & Coddington, 1997
  • Verrucosa arenata Levi, 2002
  • Verrucosa arenata Lise, Kesster & da Silva, 2015

The genus name Verrucosa derives from Latin, meaning "warty". The specific epithet arenata derives from Latin "arena", meaning "sand".

Description

Arrowhead spiders create a new web every day, removing the old one after sunrise. Unlike most other orb weavers, it will rest in the web with the head up.[2]

Distribution and habitat

V. arenata occurs from North America down to Panama, and has been found in the Greater Antilles.[1]

  • male from Virginia
  • lateral (female)
  • showing eyes
  • with prey
  • with kleptoparasitic spider
  • female + male (Emerton 1902)
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References
  1. World Spider Catalog: Verrucosa arenata
  2. Bugguide: Species Verrucosa arenata - Arrowhead Spider

Further reading

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