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title: "Marbled Orbweaver"
description: "Araneus marmoreus — Insetti e ragni. Araneus marmoreus, commonly called the marbled orbweaver, is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/marbled-orbweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Marbled Orbweaver

> Araneus marmoreus — Insetti e ragni. Araneus marmoreus, commonly called the marbled orbweaver, is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Araneus marmoreus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 28620
- Wikidata: [Q263978](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263978)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120183](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120183)

## Names

- en: Marbled Orbweaver
- de: Marmorierte Kreuzspinne
- es: Araña calabaza
- fr: Épeire marbrée
- nl: Marmerspin
- pl: Krzyżak dwubarwny

## Countries with the most observations

US (18816), CA (2625), RU (1821), PL (311), FI (246), IT (242), GB (236), DE (175), AT (141), DK (117), LT (110), FR (79)

## Summary

Araneus marmoreus, commonly called the marbled orbweaver, is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It is sometimes also called the pumpkin spider from the resemblance of the female's inflated abdomen to an orange pumpkin. It has a Holarctic distribution.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Eric Vehe · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245155635

## Machine access

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