What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Garden Spider been recorded?

Araneus diadematus occurrence evidence comes from 12,004 records in 47 countries and territories, from 1922 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

ArachnidaAraneaeAraneidaeAraneus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

12,004 records across 47 countries and territories, 1922–2026.

Araneus diadematus · GBIF taxon key 2160133

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19222026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Garden Spider has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Garden Spider. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 5,103
United Kingdom 2,394
Canada 1,092
Germany 1,018
United States 667
France 260
Austria 234
Netherlands 154
Russia 154
Denmark 125
Belgium 118
Finland 100
Italy 80
Czechia 67
Luxembourg 59
Poland 55
Switzerland 42
Ireland 39
Ukraine 31
Croatia 20
Spain 19
Greece 18
Norway 18
Portugal 18
Estonia 14
Hungary 10
Lithuania 10
Slovakia 10
Guernsey 9
Iceland 9
Slovenia 9
Türkiye 8
Bulgaria 7
Romania 6
Azerbaijan 5
Belarus 3
Cyprus 3
Jersey 3
Armenia 2
Åland Islands 2

Showing the top 40 of 47 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Araneidae.

Garden spider
Garden spider
133 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.