Caerostris
(Bark Spiders)

Caerostris, commonly known as Bark Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Caerostris spiders have been sighted 7 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Caerostris includes 3 countries and 1 states in the United States. Caerostris is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Bark Spiders

Author

Thorell, 1868

Sightings Overview

There have been 7 confirmed sightings of Caerostris (Bark Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 7, 2020 by Spider ID member spoodermandaisy. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 7 sightings because of certain Caerostris sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 86% of the time, Caerostris spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 7)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Caerostris has been sighted 8 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (4). Freshwater river, lake, stream (2). Forest (2).