Acanthepeira

Acanthepeira is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Acanthepeira spiders have been sighted 19 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Acanthepeira includes 2 countries and 11 states in the United States. Acanthepeira is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of February.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Acanthepeira

Author

Marx, 1883

Sightings Overview

There have been 19 confirmed sightings of Acanthepeira, with the most recent sighting submitted on June 5, 2024 by Spider ID member spidermike-preble. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 19 sightings because of certain Acanthepeira sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 26% of the time, Acanthepeira spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 19)
Sex: 3 female and 0 male.
Environment: Acanthepeira has been sighted 16 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (10). On flower (1). Low foliage (1). High foliage (2). Ground layer (2).

Location and Range

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

Acanthepeira has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Virginia.