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 4 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Cyrtophora citricola includes 3 countries and 1 states in the United States. Cyrtophora citricola 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: 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 4 confirmed sightings of Cyrtophora citricola (Tropical Tent-web Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 20, 2018 by Spider ID member ice. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 4 sightings because of certain Cyrtophora citricola sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Cyrtophora citricola spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 4)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Cyrtophora citricola has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). On flower (1). Low foliage (1).