[5] Additionally, V. arenata uses reeling behavior in order to capture its prey, as its webs are stronger than that of most other orb weavers.

Verrucosa arenata are found across a variety of urban and rural habitats in North America, in areas with trees and bushes to spin their webs.

They are typically found in late summer and early fall, living in the understory, along open, humid areas where they may experience direct sunlight.

Their webs are usually non-functional by midday due to insect damage and the spider ends the night in a retreat.

[3] V. arenata show color variation in the triangular pattern on the dorsal part of the abdomen.

There is no difference in surface temperature for spiders with a yellow or white abdomen, suggesting that V. arenata are achieving their thermoregulatory status through behavioral or physiological means rather than through variation in pigmentation.

The white morphs could have a thermal advantage because they have lower absorption of short wave and visible radiation.

[6] Verrucosa arenata are orb-weaver spiders and their webs are nearly invisible to their insect prey.

[3] V. arenata webs have a distinct architecture since it consists of a central hub without radial threads.

Female V. arenata are usually observed to be in the center of the web since it is a good location for catching the most prey.

Some benefits to this upward orientation include V. arenata's ability to build top-biased webs that likely lead to more efficient prey capture, more prey interceptions, and faster catching of insects in the upper part of the webs.

When they don't the webs are severely damaged by midday as a result of frequent rainfall.

V. arenata specialize in eating tiny flying insects, like mosquitoes, since their webs have close spacing of circles.