Gasteracantha sanguinolenta
(Short-horn Kite Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Gasteracantha sanguinolenta, commonly known as Short-horn Kite Spider, belongs to the genus Gasteracantha, in the family Araneidae. Gasteracantha sanguinolenta spiders have been sighted 1 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Gasteracantha sanguinolenta includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Gasteracantha sanguinolenta 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: Gasteracantha
Species: Gasteracantha sanguinolenta

Other Common Names

Shorthorn Kite Spider

Author

C. L. Koch, 1844

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Gasteracantha sanguinolenta (Short-horn Kite Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on March 29, 2018 by Spider ID member vernica101. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Gasteracantha sanguinolenta sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Gasteracantha sanguinolenta spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Gasteracantha sanguinolenta has been sighted 1 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1).