Amaurobiidae
(Hacklemesh Weavers)

The spider family Amaurobiidae, commonly known as Hacklemesh Weavers, have been sighted 221 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Amaurobiidae includes 9 countries and 20 states in the United States. Amaurobiidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Common Name (AAS)

Hackledmesh Weavers

Other Common Names

Hacklemesh Weavers, Hacklemesh Spiders, Night Spiders, Tangled Nest Spiders

Author

Tamerlan Thorell, 1870

Sightings Overview

There have been 221 confirmed sightings of Amaurobiidae (Hacklemesh Weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 19, 2020 by Spider ID member mikelivy. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 221 sightings because of certain Amaurobiidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 13% of the time, Amaurobiidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 221)
Sex: 11 female and 81 male.
Environment: Amaurobiidae has been sighted 86 times outdoors, and 157 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (37). Low foliage (2). High foliage (3). Ground layer (16). Under rock or debris (21). Open field, pasture, grassland (1). Forest (5). Cave (1).

Location and Range

Amaurobiidae (Hacklemesh Weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.

Amaurobiidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alaska, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.