Thelacantha brevispina
(Double Spotted Spiny Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Thelacantha brevispina, commonly known as Double Spotted Spiny Spider, belongs to the genus Thelacantha, in the family Araneidae. Thelacantha brevispina spiders have been sighted 4 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Thelacantha brevispina includes 1 countries and 1 states in the United States. Thelacantha brevispina 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: Thelacantha
Species: Thelacantha brevispina

Other Common Names

Double Spotted Spiny Spider

Author

(Doleschall, 1857)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 4 confirmed sightings of Thelacantha brevispina (Double Spotted Spiny Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 6, 2025 by Spider ID member kananimoya. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 4 sightings because of certain Thelacantha brevispina sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Thelacantha brevispina spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 4)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Thelacantha brevispina has been sighted 5 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). Low foliage (1). High foliage (2).