Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Mygalomorphae
- Family: Atypidae
- Genus: Sphodros
- Species: Sphodros atlanticus
Other Common Names
Atlantic Purse-web Spider
Author
Gertsch & Platnick, 1980
Primary Colors
Sightings Overview
There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Sphodros atlanticus (Atlantic Purse-web Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 17, 2018 by Spider ID member spider23. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Sphodros atlanticus sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 0% of the time, Sphodros atlanticus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
- Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
- Environment: Sphodros atlanticus has been sighted 1 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Ground layer (1).
Location and Range
Sphodros atlanticus (Atlantic Purse-web Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.
Sphodros atlanticus has also been sighted in the following states: North Carolina.
Seasonality
Sphodros atlanticus has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
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- May: 1
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