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 10 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Cyrtophora citricola includes 4 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 (AASMore information icon)

Global Tentweb Weaver

Other Common Names

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

Author

(Forsskål, 1775)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 10 confirmed sightings of Cyrtophora citricola (Tropical Tent-web Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 11, 2019 by Spider ID member urbanhippy74. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 10 sightings because of certain Cyrtophora citricola sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 80% of the time, Cyrtophora citricola spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 10)
  • Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
  • Environment: Cyrtophora citricola has been sighted 10 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (7). On flower (1). Low foliage (2).

Location and Range

Cyrtophora citricola (Tropical Tent-web Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: 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: 2

Additional Remarks

Type species.


Featured Pictures

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  • Submitted Calendar iconDec 20, 2018
  • Photographed Picture iconDec 20, 2018
  • Ice
  • Location iconTenerife , Spain
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Picture of Cyrtophora citricola (Tropical Tent-web Spider) - Dorsal,Egg sacs,Webs Enlarge Picture
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  • Submitted Calendar iconApr 9, 2018
  • Photographed Picture iconFeb 22, 2018
  • MarcD6
  • Location iconLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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