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Coras
(Funnel Web Spiders)

Coras, commonly known as Funnel Web Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Agelenidae. Coras spiders have been sighted 58 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Coras includes 1 countries and 21 states in the United States. Coras is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Agelenidae
  • Genus: Coras

Other Common Names

Funnel Web Spiders

Author

Eugène Simon, 1898

Sightings Overview

There have been 58 confirmed sightings of Coras (Funnel Web Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 27, 2020 by Spider ID member smaurer74. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 58 sightings because of certain Coras sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 5% of the time, Coras spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 58)
  • Sex: 2 female and 28 male.
  • Environment: Coras has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 54 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Ground layer (1). Under rock or debris (3).

Location and Range

Coras (Funnel Web Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Coras has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Wisconsin.

Seasonality

Coras has been primarily sighted during the month of April.

  • January: 3
  • February: 6
  • March: 13
  • April: 20
  • May: 8
  • June: 1
  • July:
  • August:
  • September:
  • October: 1
  • November: 1
  • December: 5

Featured Pictures

Picture of Coras spp. (Funnel Web Spiders) - Male - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Coras spp. (Funnel Web Spiders) - Male - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Coras spp. (Funnel Web Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Coras spp. (Funnel Web Spiders) - Lateral Enlarge Picture
Picture of Coras spp. (Funnel Web Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Coras spp. (Funnel Web Spiders) - Male - Lateral Enlarge Picture
Picture of Coras spp. (Funnel Web Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Coras spp. (Funnel Web Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
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