Amaurobiidae
(Hacklemesh Weavers)

The spider family Amaurobiidae, commonly known as Hacklemesh Weavers, have been sighted 174 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Amaurobiidae includes 2 countries and 20 states in the United States. Amaurobiidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of April.

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 174 confirmed sightings of Amaurobiidae (Hacklemesh Weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 24, 2025 by Spider ID member rainkatt. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 174 sightings because of certain Amaurobiidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 11% of the time, Amaurobiidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 174)
Sex: 6 female and 75 male.
Environment: Amaurobiidae has been sighted 67 times outdoors, and 126 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (28). Low foliage (2). High foliage (2). Ground layer (13). Under rock or debris (16). Open field, pasture, grassland (1). Forest (4). Cave (1).

Location and Range

Amaurobiidae (Hacklemesh Weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, 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.