Eresidae
(Velvet Spiders)

The spider family Eresidae, commonly known as Velvet Spiders, have been sighted 28 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Eresidae includes 10 countries and 0 states in the United States. Eresidae is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Common Name (AAS)

Eresid Spiders

Other Common Names

Velvet Spiders

Author

Carl Ludwig Koch, 1845

Sightings Overview

There have been 28 confirmed sightings of Eresidae (Velvet Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 24, 2024 by Spider ID member fynbos. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 28 sightings because of certain Eresidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 18% of the time, Eresidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 28)
Sex: 2 female and 2 male.
Environment: Eresidae has been sighted 34 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (11). On flower (2). Low foliage (1). Ground layer (11). Under rock or debris (2). Open field, pasture, grassland (5). Forest (1). Desert area (1).

Location and Range

Eresidae (Velvet Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Algeria, Greece, Iran, Macedonia, Morocco, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey.