Eratigena

Eratigena is a genus of spiders in the family Agelenidae. Eratigena spiders have been sighted 164 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Eratigena includes 13 countries and 7 states in the United States. Eratigena 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: Eratigena

Author

Angelo Bolzern, Daniel Burckhardt, & Ambros Hänggi, 2013

Sightings Overview

There have been 164 confirmed sightings of Eratigena, with the most recent sighting submitted on October 7, 2024 by Spider ID member jumping4joy. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 164 sightings because of certain Eratigena sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 21% of the time, Eratigena spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 164)
Sex: 4 female and 11 male.
Environment: Eratigena has been sighted 65 times outdoors, and 112 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (42). Low foliage (1). High foliage (1). Ground layer (11). Under rock or debris (8). Forest (2).

Location and Range

Eratigena has been sighted in the following countries: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.

Eratigena has also been sighted in the following states: Idaho, Michigan, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin.