Filistatidae
(Crevice Weavers)

The spider family Filistatidae, commonly known as Crevice Weavers, have been sighted 193 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Filistatidae includes 1 countries and 17 states in the United States. Filistatidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Common Name (AAS)

Crevice Weavers

Other Common Names

Cribellate Crevice Weavers, Primitive Cribellate Spiders

Author

Anton Ausserer, 1867

Sightings Overview

There have been 193 confirmed sightings of Filistatidae (Crevice Weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 17, 2026 by Spider ID member sue-gottesman. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 193 sightings because of certain Filistatidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 25% of the time, Filistatidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 190)
Sex: 77 female and 54 male.
Environment: Filistatidae has been sighted 49 times outdoors, and 149 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (31). Low foliage (2). High foliage (1). Ground layer (5). Under rock or debris (5). Forest (1). Desert area (4).

Location and Range

Filistatidae (Crevice Weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Filistatidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia.