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Garden Spider

Araneus diadematus

6,249Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb8
Mar22
Apr107
May216
Jun344
Jul736
Aug1,478
Sep2,192
Oct803
Nov129
Dec24

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland190
2Cornwall England151
3Worcestershire England136
4Sefton England133
5Cambridgeshire England119
6Surrey England119
7Essex England118
8Kent England115
9Kingston upon Hull, City of England107
10Suffolk England103
11Gloucestershire England100
12Devon England95
13Norfolk England85
14Somerset England69
15Nottinghamshire England69
5,318 England534 Scotland305 Wales62 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,249
Peak month
September
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Araneus diadematus
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,781
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Araneidae
Genus
Araneus
Name with authority
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757
Described
1757
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q337509 · GBIF 2160133