Acanthepeira

Acanthepeira is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Acanthepeira spiders have been sighted 18 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Acanthepeira includes 2 countries and 10 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 18 confirmed sightings of Acanthepeira, with the most recent sighting submitted on August 3, 2019 by Spider ID member jj29. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 18 sightings because of certain Acanthepeira sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 28% of the time, Acanthepeira spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 18)
Sex: 3 female and 0 male.
Environment: Acanthepeira has been sighted 15 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (10). 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, Texas, Virginia.