Latrodectus hasselti
(Redback Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Latrodectus hasselti, commonly known as Redback Spider, belongs to the genus Latrodectus, in the family Theridiidae. Latrodectus hasselti spiders have been sighted 6 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Latrodectus hasselti includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Latrodectus hasselti is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of January.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Latrodectus
Species: Latrodectus hasselti

Other Common Names

Redback Spider

Author

Thorell, 1870

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 6 confirmed sightings of Latrodectus hasselti (Redback Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 5, 2019 by Spider ID member aodea. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 6 sightings because of certain Latrodectus hasselti sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 50% of the time, Latrodectus hasselti spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 6)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Latrodectus hasselti has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 4 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2).