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

Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757

Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne Four-spot Orbweaver

Synonyms and other combinations:

Araneus flavidus Yin et al., 1990 | Araneus quadratus minimus Simon, 1929 | Araneus quadratus subviridis (Franganillo, 1913) | Araneus reaumuri (Scopoli, 1763) |

  • Araneus quadratus, male  3529
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2005-07-14 17:38:40
    Image number: 3529
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2005-07-14 17:38:40

  • Araneus quadratus, male  3576
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2004-07-20 17:40:21
    Image number: 3576
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2004-07-20 17:40:21

  • Araneus quadratus, male  4386
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, male
    DE, Chemnitz; 2004-08-10 18:10:28
    Image number: 4386
    male
    DE, Chemnitz
    2004-08-10 18:10:28

  • Araneus quadratus, female  3520
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2007-09-15 13:42:44
    Image number: 3520
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2007-09-15 13:42:44

  • Araneus quadratus, female  3521
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2007-09-15 14:35:10
    Image number: 3521
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2007-09-15 14:35:10

  • Araneus quadratus, female  3522
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2007-09-15 14:35:13
    Image number: 3522
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2007-09-15 14:35:13

  • Araneus quadratus, female  3523
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2007-09-15 14:31:46
    Image number: 3523
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2007-09-15 14:31:46

  • Araneus quadratus, female  3524
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-07-28 13:31:18
    Image number: 3524
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-07-28 13:31:18

  • Araneus quadratus, female  3574
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2004-08-07 17:28:12
    Image number: 3574
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2004-08-07 17:28:12

  • Araneus quadratus, female  3575
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2004-08-07 17:29:24
    Image number: 3575
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2004-08-07 17:29:24

  • Araneus quadratus  3538
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus
    DE, Chemnitz; 2004-07-28 17:44:40
    Image number: 3538

    DE, Chemnitz
    2004-07-28 17:44:40

  • Araneus quadratus, female  4381
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2004-08-07 17:37:25
    Image number: 4381
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2004-08-07 17:37:25

  • Araneus quadratus, female  3733
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2008-08-10 12:33:33
    Image number: 3733
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2008-08-10 12:33:33

  • Araneus quadratus, female  3755
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz; 2004-10-03 13:10:54
    Image number: 3755
    female
    DE, Chemnitz
    2004-10-03 13:10:54

  • Araneus quadratus, female  3756
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz; 2004-10-03 13:00:17
    Image number: 3756
    female
    DE, Chemnitz
    2004-10-03 13:00:17

  • Araneus quadratus, female  5886
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2012-08-25 11:44:48
    Image number: 5886
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2012-08-25 11:44:48

  • Araneus quadratus, female  9799
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2020-10-22 13:40:09
    Image number: 9799
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2020-10-22 13:40:09

  • Araneus quadratus, female  9800
    Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757  Vierfleck-Kreuzspinne  Four-spot Orbweaver 
    Araneus quadratus, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2020-10-22 15:12:00
    Image number: 9800
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2020-10-22 15:12:00


Distribution:
Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia to China, Japan.

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.