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 56 confirmed sightings of Metaltella, 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 56 sightings because of certain Metaltella sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 5% of the time, Metaltella spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 56)
- Sex: 3 female and 20 male.
- Environment: Metaltella has been sighted 15 times outdoors, and 43 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: 11
- March: 3
- April: 6
- May: 11
- June:
- July:
- August:
- September:
- October: 3
- November:
- December: 7