Ctenidae
(Wandering Spiders)

The spider family Ctenidae, commonly known as Wandering Spiders, have been sighted 54 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Ctenidae includes 12 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 (AAS)

Wandering Spiders

Author

Eugen von Keyserling, 1877

Sightings Overview

There have been 54 confirmed sightings of Ctenidae (Wandering Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 9, 2024 by Spider ID member kendo. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 54 sightings because of certain Ctenidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 8% of the time, Ctenidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 53)
Sex: 2 female and 12 male.
Environment: Ctenidae has been sighted 28 times outdoors, and 31 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, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States.

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