Macracantha

Macracantha is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Macracantha spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Macracantha includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Macracantha is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of March.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Macracantha

Author

Clerck,1757

Sightings Overview

There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Macracantha, with the most recent sighting submitted on January 3, 2019 by Spider ID member neoscona. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Macracantha sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 50% of the time, Macracantha spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Macracantha has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (2). Forest (2).

Location and Range

Macracantha has been sighted in the following countries: India, Malaysia.

Seasonality

Macracantha has been primarily sighted during the month of March.

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February: 1
March: 1
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Macracantha Species

Macracantha arcuata
(Long-horned Orb-weaver, Curved Spiny Spider)

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