Araneidae  Clerck, 1757 / Araneus  Clerck, 1757   24 species

Araneus triguttatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Description

Male palp with median apophysis, distally with 3 long tips, two of them closer together. Epigyne with very broad scapus distally. Prosoma brown. Sternum as light as coxa. Legs red-brown. Opisthosoma slightly wider than long, light brown. Colour very variable.

Body length male: 4.5 mm
Body length female: 6.0 mm
Additional information

on trees and bushes, mostly on deciduous trees

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Turkey, Caucasus to Central Asia (Russia)
Phenology
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Distribution List
Albania   (Deltshev et al., 2011b; Blick, 2018; Vrenozi, 2012) ||| Austria   (Thaler & Knoflach, 2003) ||| Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Belarus   (Ivanov, 2013) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Kuralt et al., 2025) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Croatia   (Milosevic, 2002) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Scharff & Gudik-Sørensen, 2006) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Greece   (van Helsdingen et al., 2018) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Ireland   (van Helsdingen, 1996) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Latvia   (Cera, 2018) ||| Libya   (Elkrew et al., 2024) ||| Lithuania   (Biteniekytė & Rėlys, 2012) ||| Luxembourg   (Kreuels et al., 2019) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2014) ||| Northern Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Norway   (Aakra et al., 2016) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Central   (Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Kaliningrad Region   (Schikora, 2014) ||| Russia, Southern   (Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Russia, Western   (no references) ||| Serbia   (Deltshev et al., 2003b) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Uyar et al., 2014) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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