Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Araneidae (Orbweaver spiders)

Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757

Gartenkreuzspinne European Garden Spider

Synonyms and other combinations:

Araneus diadematus (Linnaeus, 1758) ? | Araneus diadematus islandicus (Strand, 1906) | Araneus diadematus stellatus (C. L. Koch, 1836) |
(?: ambiguous synonym)

  • Araneus diadematus, female 3465
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2009-09-06 12:58:26
    Image number: 3465
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2009-09-06 12:58:26
  • Araneus diadematus, female 3724
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2008-09-28 13:32:30
    Image number: 3724
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2008-09-28 13:32:30
  • Araneus diadematus, female 4317
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2010-10-10 10:58:51
    Image number: 4317
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2010-10-10 10:58:51
  • Araneus diadematus, female 5884
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2012-08-29 12:10:46
    Image number: 5884
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2012-08-29 12:10:46
  • Araneus diadematus 3768
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2005-08-12 18:10:05
    Image number: 3768

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2005-08-12 18:10:05
  • Araneus diadematus, male 3514
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-09-14 14:15:13
    Image number: 3514
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-09-14 14:15:13
  • Araneus diadematus, male 3725
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2008-08-10 11:27:21
    Image number: 3725
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2008-08-10 11:27:21
  • Araneus diadematus, male + female 3512
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus, male + female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-09-14 12:57:34
    Image number: 3512
    male + female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-09-14 12:57:34
  • Araneus diadematus, male + female 3513
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus, male + female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-09-14 12:53:48
    Image number: 3513
    male + female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-09-14 12:53:48
  • Araneus diadematus + Maniola jurtina, with pray 3939
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus + Maniola jurtina, with pray
    BG, Russalka; 2010-08-18 11:40:48
    Image number: 3939
    with pray
    BG, Russalka
    2010-08-18 11:40:48
  • Araneus diadematus, spider web 5885
    Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757  Gartenkreuzspinne  European Garden Spider 
    Araneus diadematus, spider web
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2012-08-25 13:15:30
    Image number: 5885
    spider web
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2012-08-25 13:15:30

Distribution:
Europe, Middle East, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China, Japan, introduced to North America.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Kropf C., Nentwig W., Blick T. & Gloor D. (organizing board). (2019). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5
  3. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (2015): Wiki des Spinnen-Forums
  4. Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, Helen Smith: Britain's Spiders A Field Guide, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition, 496 Seiten, 2020, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-20474-1.