Nephilingis cruentata
(African Hermit Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Nephilingis cruentata, commonly known as African Hermit Spider, belongs to the genus Nephilingis, in the family Araneidae. Nephilingis cruentata spiders have been sighted 14 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Nephilingis cruentata includes 7 countries and 0 states in the United States. Nephilingis cruentata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of January.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Nephilingis
Species: Nephilingis cruentata

Other Common Names

African Hermit Spider

Author

(Fabricius, 1775)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 14 confirmed sightings of Nephilingis cruentata (African Hermit Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 4, 2020 by Spider ID member curiousks. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 14 sightings because of certain Nephilingis cruentata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 79% of the time, Nephilingis cruentata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 14)
Sex: 3 female and 0 male.
Environment: Nephilingis cruentata has been sighted 13 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (11). High foliage (2).

Location and Range

Nephilingis cruentata (African Hermit Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Angola, Brazil, Burundi, Mozambique, South Africa, Togo, Zambia.