Dysderidae
(Dysderid Spiders)

The spider family Dysderidae, commonly known as Dysderid Spiders, have been sighted 223 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Dysderidae includes 12 countries and 32 states in the United States. Dysderidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Common Name (AAS)

Dysderid Spiders

Other Common Names

Long-fanged Six-eyed Spiders, Cell Spiders

Author

Carl Ludwig Koch, 1837

Sightings Overview

There have been 223 confirmed sightings of Dysderidae (Dysderid Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 24, 2025 by Spider ID member undhockey. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 223 sightings because of certain Dysderidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 8% of the time, Dysderidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 222)
Sex: 11 female and 8 male.
Environment: Dysderidae has been sighted 97 times outdoors, and 143 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (35). Low foliage (6). High foliage (1). Ground layer (20). Under rock or debris (30). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Cave (4).

Location and Range

Dysderidae (Dysderid Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, Ireland, Lebanon, Mexico, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

Dysderidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.