Eratigena

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 85 confirmed sightings of Eratigena, with the most recent sighting submitted on February 4, 2026 by Spider ID member dscwoods. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 85 sightings because of certain Eratigena sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 15% of the time, Eratigena spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 85)
• Sex: 3 female and 7 male.
• Environment: Eratigena has been sighted 31 times outdoors, and 62 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (16). Ground layer (6). Under rock or debris (7). Forest (2).

Location and Range

Eratigena has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

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

Seasonality

Eratigena has been primarily sighted during the month of May.

• January: 3
• February: 5
• March: 11
• April: 20
• May: 23
• June: 3
• July:
• August: 3
• September: 3
• October: 12
• November: 1
• December: 1