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| taxon = Verrucosa arenata
| image = Arrowhead Spider - Verrucosa arenata, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia - 03.jpg
| image_caption = female V. arenata from Virginia
| authority = (Walckenaer, 1842)
| synonyms =- Epeira mexicana Lucas, 1833
- Epeira arenata Walckenaer, 1841
- Epeira verrucosa Hentz, 1850
- Acanthepeira verrucosa Marx, 1883
- Verrucosa arenata McCook, 1888
- Mahadeva verrucosa Keyserling, 1892
- Verrucosa arenata McCook, 1894
- Araneus mexicanus Simon, 1895
- Epeira verrucosa Emerton, 1902
- Verrucosa arenata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904
- Araneus arenatus Petrunkevitch, 1911
- Araneus aequiangulus Franganillo, 1930
- Araneus aequiangulus ochraceus Franganillo, 1930
- Verrucosa arenata Petrunkevitch, 1930
- Verrucosa arenata Levi, 1976
- Verrucosa arenata Coddington, 1990
- Verrucosa arenata Scharff & Coddington, 1997
- Verrucosa arenata Levi, 2002
- Verrucosa arenata Lise, Kesster & da Silva, 2015
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}}Verrucosa arenata, also known as the arrowhead spider, arrowhead orb weaver, or triangle orb weaver, is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae). It is widely distributed in the New World. Other species of the genus Verrucosa occur in North and South America.The genus name Verrucosa derives from Latin, meaning "warty". The specific epithet arenata derives from Latin "arena", meaning "sand". DescriptionArrowhead spiders create a new web every day, removing the old one after sunrise. Unlike most other orb weavers, it will rest in the web with the head up. Distribution and habitatV. arenata occurs from North America down to Panama, and has been found in the Greater Antilles.GallerySee also{{Empty section|date=December 2016}}ReferencesFurther reading{{Empty section|date=December 2016}}External links{{commonscat-inline|Verrucosa arenata|Verrucosa arenata}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q3098668}}{{Araneidae-stub}} 3 : Araneidae|Spiders of North America|Spiders described in 1842 |