Metepeira labyrinthea
(Labyrinth Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Metepeira labyrinthea, commonly known as Labyrinth Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Metepeira, in the family Araneidae. Metepeira labyrinthea spiders have been sighted 4 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Metepeira labyrinthea includes 1 countries and 2 states in the United States. Metepeira labyrinthea is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of July.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Metepeira
Species: Metepeira labyrinthea

Common Name (AAS)

Labyrinth Orb-weaver

Other Common Names

Labyrinth Spider

Author

Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1847

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Sightings Overview

There have been 4 confirmed sightings of Metepeira labyrinthea (Labyrinth Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 6, 2024 by Spider ID member derin-walters. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 4 sightings because of certain Metepeira labyrinthea sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 75% of the time, Metepeira labyrinthea spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 4)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Metepeira labyrinthea has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Low foliage (3).