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title: "Bordered Orbweaver"
description: "Neoscona adianta — Insetti e ragni. Neoscona adianta is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bordered-orbweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bordered Orbweaver

> Neoscona adianta — Insetti e ragni. Neoscona adianta is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Neoscona adianta*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5964
- Wikidata: [Q1594259](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1594259)
- iNaturalist taxon: [326354](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326354)

## Names

- en: Bordered Orbweaver
- de: Heideradnetzspinne
- fr: Épeire des fougères
- nl: Heidewielwebspin

## Countries with the most observations

IT (791), FR (653), GR (596), RU (322), GB (222), PL (214), ES (208), IL (196), DE (152), TR (143), UA (94), JP (93)

## Summary

Neoscona adianta is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It occurs in North Africa and Europe to Central Asia.
The coloration includes a brown to red abdomen marked with a series of black-bordered white or cream triangles. The female has a body length (excluding legs) of around 9 millimetres (0.35 in), the male being rather smaller. The web is usually constructed among flower heads, the spider sitting in full view beside the web on a pad of silk.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231431677

## Machine access

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