Metaltella

Metaltella is a genus of spiders in the family Desidae. Metaltella spiders have been sighted 72 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Metaltella includes 2 countries and 7 states in the United States. Metaltella is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of January.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Hacklemesh Weavers

Author

Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, 1931

Sightings Overview

There have been 72 confirmed sightings of Metaltella, with the most recent sighting submitted on April 20, 2020 by Spider ID member miamacbeth. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 72 sightings because of certain Metaltella sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 5% of the time, Metaltella spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 55)
Sex: 12 female and 27 male.
Environment: Metaltella has been sighted 15 times outdoors, and 42 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (10). High foliage (1). Ground layer (2). Under rock or debris (2).

Location and Range

Metaltella has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Metaltella has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas.

Seasonality

Metaltella has been primarily sighted during the month of January.

January: 15
February: 13
March: 3
April: 6
May: 12
June:
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September:
October: 5
November:
December: 7

Metaltella Species

Metaltella simoni
(Hacklemesh Weaver)

72 pictures