Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Eriophora
Author
Eugène Simon, 1864
Sightings Overview
There have been 167 confirmed sightings of Eriophora, with the most recent sighting submitted on February 10, 2025 by Spider ID member sing2meomuse. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 167 sightings because of certain Eriophora sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 63% of the time, Eriophora spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 167)
- Sex: 22 female and 10 male.
- Environment: Eriophora has been sighted 182 times outdoors, and 13 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (106). On flower (3). Low foliage (24). High foliage (38). Ground layer (3). Under rock or debris (1). Saltwater (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Forest (4).
Location and Range
Eriophora has been sighted in the following countries: Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, New Zealand, United States.
Eriophora has also been sighted in the following states: California, Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas.
Seasonality
Eriophora has been primarily sighted during the month of April.
- January: 6
- February: 22
- March: 46
- April: 46
- May: 16
- June: 4
- July: 8
- August: 4
- September: 1
- October: 4
- November: 5
- December: 5