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Dictynidae
(Mesh Web Weavers)

The spider family Dictynidae, commonly known as Mesh Web Weavers, have been sighted 14 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Dictynidae includes 5 countries and 8 states in the United States. Dictynidae is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Mesh Web Weavers

Author

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

Sightings Overview

There have been 14 confirmed sightings of Dictynidae (Mesh Web Weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 25, 2020 by Spider ID member keyojimbo. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 14 sightings because of certain Dictynidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 36% of the time, Dictynidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 14)
  • Sex: 1 female and 5 male.
  • Environment: Dictynidae has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 4 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). Low foliage (8). High foliage (1).

Location and Range

Dictynidae (Mesh Web Weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

Dictynidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, California, Colorado, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Virginia, Wisconsin.

Seasonality

Dictynidae has been primarily sighted during the month of April.

  • January: 1
  • February: 2
  • March:
  • April: 6
  • May: 1
  • June:
  • July: 1
  • August:
  • September: 1
  • October: 1
  • November: 1
  • December:


Genus: Nigma

Nigma puella
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Nigma walckenaeri
(Green-Leaf-Web Spider)
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