Pisauridae
(Nursery Web Spiders)

The spider family Pisauridae, commonly known as Nursery Web Spiders, have been sighted 807 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Pisauridae includes 22 countries and 37 states in the United States. Pisauridae is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae

Common Name (AAS)

Nursery Web Spiders

Author

Eugène Simon, 1890

Sightings Overview

There have been 807 confirmed sightings of Pisauridae (Nursery Web Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 1, 2024 by Spider ID member chantal68. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 807 sightings because of certain Pisauridae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 8% of the time, Pisauridae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 807)
Sex: 24 female and 59 male.
Environment: Pisauridae has been sighted 615 times outdoors, and 306 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (334). On flower (6). Low foliage (51). High foliage (38). Ground layer (63). Under rock or debris (34). Freshwater river, lake, stream (48). Saltwater (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (7). Forest (32). Cave (1).

Location and Range

Pisauridae (Nursery Web Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Greece, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe.

Pisauridae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.