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).
Location and Range
Cyrtophora citricola (Tropical Tent-web Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Italy, South Africa, Spain, United States, Zambia.
Cyrtophora citricola has also been sighted in the following states: Florida.
Seasonality
Cyrtophora citricola has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
- January:
- February: 1
- March: 2
- April: 1
- May: 4
- June:
- July:
- August:
- September:
- October:
- November:
- December: 3
Additional Remarks
Type species.