Cyrtophora citricola
(Global Tent-web Weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Cyrtophora citricola, commonly known as Global Tent-web Weaver, belongs to the genus Cyrtophora, in the family Araneidae. Cyrtophora citricola spiders have been sighted 3 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

Author

(Forsskål, 1775)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 3 confirmed sightings of Cyrtophora citricola (Global Tent-web Weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 9, 2018 by Spider ID member marcd6. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 3 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: 3)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Cyrtophora citricola has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). Low foliage (1).