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title: "Carmine Orbweaver"
description: "Cercidia prominens — Insects & spiders. Cercidia prominens is a species of orb-weaver spiders in the spider family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/carmine-orbweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Carmine Orbweaver

> Cercidia prominens — Insects & spiders. Cercidia prominens is a species of orb-weaver spiders in the spider family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Cercidia prominens*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 476
- Wikidata: [Q1646643](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1646643)
- iNaturalist taxon: [216486](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/216486)

## Names

- en: Carmine Orbweaver
- de: Erdkreuzspinne
- fr: Cercidia épineuse
- nl: Stekelrugje

## Countries with the most observations

FR (84), RU (62), PL (36), DE (30), AT (29), ES (20), GB (20), DK (15), LT (13), SE (12), UA (10), NL (7)

## Summary

Cercidia prominens is a species of orb-weaver spiders in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in North America, Europe, the Caucasus, and a range from Russia to Kazakhstan.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercidia_prominens

## Photo

![Carmine Orbweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/carmine-orbweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112422187

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/carmine-orbweaver?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).