Desidae
(Intertidal Spiders)

The spider family Desidae, commonly known as Intertidal Spiders, have been sighted 99 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 February.

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 99 confirmed sightings of Desidae (Intertidal Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 22, 2019 by Spider ID member clinteastweed. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 99 sightings because of certain Desidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 18% of the time, Desidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 82)
Sex: 14 female and 27 male.
Environment: Desidae has been sighted 30 times outdoors, and 54 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (20). Low foliage (3). High foliage (2). Ground layer (3). Under rock or debris (2).