Ctenidae
(Wandering Spiders)

The spider family Ctenidae, commonly known as Wandering Spiders, have been sighted 53 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Ctenidae includes 11 countries and 7 states in the United States. Ctenidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Ctenidae

Common Name (AASMore information icon)

Wandering Spiders

Author

Eugen von Keyserling, 1877

Sightings Overview

There have been 53 confirmed sightings of Ctenidae (Wandering Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 28, 2019 by Spider ID member hugo. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 53 sightings because of certain Ctenidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 8% of the time, Ctenidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 52)
  • Sex: 2 female and 12 male.
  • Environment: Ctenidae has been sighted 28 times outdoors, and 30 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (13). Low foliage (3). Ground layer (7). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Forest (4).

Location and Range

Ctenidae (Wandering Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Honduras, India, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States.

Ctenidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.

Seasonality

Ctenidae has been primarily sighted during the month of April.

  • January: 1
  • February: 2
  • March: 8
  • April: 17
  • May: 14
  • June: 3
  • July:
  • August:
  • September: 1
  • October: 1
  • November: 2
  • December: 3


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