Nephilengys

Nephilengys is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Nephilengys spiders have been sighted 5 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Nephilengys includes 5 countries and 0 states in the United States. Nephilengys 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: Nephilengys

Author

Clerck,1757

Sightings Overview

There have been 5 confirmed sightings of Nephilengys, with the most recent sighting submitted on May 23, 2019 by Spider ID member geonyzl. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 5 sightings because of certain Nephilengys sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Nephilengys spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 5)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Nephilengys has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (3).

Location and Range

Nephilengys has been sighted in the following countries: Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka.

Seasonality

Nephilengys has been primarily sighted during the month of March.

January:
February: 1
March: 3
April:
May: 1
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Nephilengys Species

Nephilengys malabarensis
(Asian Hermit Spider)

4 pictures

Nephilengys papuana
(Papuan Hermit Spider)

1 pictures