Mangora placida
(Tuft-legged Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Mangora placida, commonly known as Tuft-legged Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Mangora, in the family Araneidae. Mangora placida spiders have been sighted 7 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Mangora placida includes 1 countries and 4 states in the United States. Mangora placida is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mangora
Species: Mangora placida

Common Name (AAS)

Tuftlegged Orbweaver

Other Common Names

Tuft-legged Orb-weaver

Author

(Hentz, 1847)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 7 confirmed sightings of Mangora placida (Tuft-legged Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 9, 2019 by Spider ID member adele. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 7 sightings because of certain Mangora placida sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 86% of the time, Mangora placida spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 7)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Mangora placida has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Low foliage (4). High foliage (2). Ground layer (2). Forest (3).