Celaenia excavata
(Bird-dropping Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Celaenia excavata, commonly known as Bird-dropping Spider, belongs to the genus Celaenia, in the family Araneidae. Celaenia excavata spiders have been sighted 6 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Celaenia excavata includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Celaenia excavata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of March.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Celaenia
Species: Celaenia excavata

Other Common Names

Bird-dropping Spider

Author

(L. Koch, 1867)

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 6 confirmed sightings of Celaenia excavata (Bird-dropping Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 15, 2019 by Spider ID member mwollymoo. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 6 sightings because of certain Celaenia excavata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 50% of the time, Celaenia excavata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 6)
Sex: 2 female and 0 male.
Environment: Celaenia excavata has been sighted 6 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: On flower (1). Low foliage (4). High foliage (1).