Araneus marmoreus

Araneus marmoreus
Female Araneus marmoreus var. marmoreus
Male Araneus marmoreus var. marmoreus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Araneus
Species:	A. marmoreus
Binomial name
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757[1]
Synonyms[1]
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757 Araneus pyramidatus Clerck, 1757 Aranea raji Scopoli, 1763 Aranea marmorea (Clerck, 1757) Aranea betulae Sulzer, 1776 Aranea aurantio-maculata De Geer, 1778 Aranea aurantia Olivier, 1789 Aranea pyramidata (Clerck, 1757) Aranea reticulata Roemer, 1789 Aranea scalaris Panzer, 1793 Aranea regalis Panzer, 1797 Aranea melittagria Walckenaer, 1802 Epeira melittagria (Walckenaer, 1802) Epeira scalaris (Panzer, 1793) Dysdera lutea Risso, 1826 Epeira marmorea (Clerck, 1757) Epeira pyramidata (Clerck, 1757) Epeira jenisoni C.L. Koch, 1835 Epeira bohemica C.L. Koch, 1838 Epeira graduata Walckenaer, 1841 Epeira conspicellata Walckenaer, 1841 Epeira insularis Hentz, 1847 Epeira obesa Hentz, 1847 Epeira flava Giebel, 1867 Epeira annulipes Giebel, 1869 Aranea gigas Comstock, 1910 Aranea tusigia Chamberlin, 1919 Araneus gigas (Comstock, 1910) Epeira raji (Scopoli, 1763)

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.^[2] It has a Holarctic distribution.