Desidae
(Intertidal Spiders)

The spider family Desidae, commonly known as Intertidal Spiders, have been sighted 87 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Desidae includes 5 countries and 9 states in the United States. Desidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Common Name (AAS)

Desid Spiders

Other Common Names

Intertidal Spiders

Author

Reginald Innes Pocock, 1895

Sightings Overview

There have been 87 confirmed sightings of Desidae (Intertidal Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 15, 2024 by Spider ID member nikkicz85. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 87 sightings because of certain Desidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 18% of the time, Desidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 87)
Sex: 5 female and 21 male.
Environment: Desidae has been sighted 32 times outdoors, and 57 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (21). Low foliage (4). High foliage (2). Ground layer (3). Under rock or debris (2).