Cyrtophora citricola
(Tropical Tent-web Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Cyrtophora citricola, commonly known as Tropical Tent-web Spider, belongs to the genus Cyrtophora, in the family Araneidae. Cyrtophora citricola spiders have been sighted 11 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Cyrtophora citricola includes 5 countries and 1 states in the United States. Cyrtophora citricola is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Cyrtophora
Species: Cyrtophora citricola

Common Name (AAS)

Global Tentweb Weaver

Other Common Names

Global Tent-web Weaver, Tropical Tent-web Spider, Colonial Tent-web Orb-weaver

Author

(Forsskål, 1775)

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 11 confirmed sightings of Cyrtophora citricola (Tropical Tent-web Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 15, 2024 by Spider ID member samuelep. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 11 sightings because of certain Cyrtophora citricola sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 82% of the time, Cyrtophora citricola spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 11)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Cyrtophora citricola has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (7). On flower (1). Low foliage (3).