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Anahita punctulata
(Southeastern Wandering Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Anahita punctulata, commonly known as Southeastern Wandering Spider, belongs to the genus Anahita, in the family Ctenidae. Anahita punctulata spiders have been sighted 8 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Anahita punctulata includes 1 countries and 4 states in the United States. Anahita punctulata is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Ctenidae
  • Genus: Anahita
  • Species: Anahita punctulata

Other Common Names

Southeastern Wandering Spider

Author

(Hentz, 1844)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 8 confirmed sightings of Anahita punctulata (Southeastern Wandering Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 26, 2019 by Spider ID member spiderhater2. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 8 sightings because of certain Anahita punctulata sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 0% of the time, Anahita punctulata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 8)
  • Sex: 1 female and 2 male.
  • Environment: Anahita punctulata has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 5 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Ground layer (2).

Location and Range

Anahita punctulata (Southeastern Wandering Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Anahita punctulata has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee.

Seasonality

Anahita punctulata has been primarily sighted during the month of May.

  • January:
  • February:
  • March: 1
  • April: 1
  • May: 6
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Featured Pictures

Picture of Anahita punctulata (Southeastern Wandering Spider) - Male - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Anahita punctulata (Southeastern Wandering Spider) - Male - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Anahita punctulata (Southeastern Wandering Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Anahita punctulata (Southeastern Wandering Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Anahita punctulata (Southeastern Wandering Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Anahita punctulata (Southeastern Wandering Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Anahita punctulata (Southeastern Wandering Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Anahita punctulata (Southeastern Wandering Spider) - Female - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
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