Micrathena
(Micrathena Spiders)

Micrathena, commonly known as Micrathena Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Micrathena spiders have been sighted 44 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Micrathena includes 2 countries and 19 states in the United States. Micrathena is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of August.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Micrathena Spiders

Author

Carl Jakob Sundevall, 1833

Sightings Overview

There have been 44 confirmed sightings of Micrathena (Micrathena Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on September 10, 2023 by Spider ID member drinpoche. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 44 sightings because of certain Micrathena sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 73% of the time, Micrathena spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 44)
Sex: 7 female and 1 male.
Environment: Micrathena has been sighted 53 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (20). Low foliage (8). High foliage (16). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Forest (8).

Location and Range

Micrathena (Micrathena Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Micrathena has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.