European garden spider

English

Noun

A European garden spider in a web

European garden spider (plural European garden spiders)

1. A common arachnid (Araneus diadematus).

Synonyms

• (Araneus diadematus): cross spider, diadem spider, European garden spider

Translations

Araneus diadematus

• Finnish: ristihämähäkki (fi)
• French: épeire diadème f
• German: Gartenkreuzspinne (de) f
• Irish: damhán garraí m
• Russian: пау́к-крестови́к (ru) m (paúk-krestovík)

Further reading

• European garden spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Araneus diadematus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Araneus diadematus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons