Linyphiidae
(Money Spiders)

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Common Name (AAS)

Dwarf and Sheetweb Weavers

Other Common Names

Money Spiders

Author

John Blackwall, 1859

Sightings Overview

There have been 86 confirmed sightings of Linyphiidae (Money Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 24, 2024 by Spider ID member morganf. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 86 sightings because of certain Linyphiidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 59% of the time, Linyphiidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 86)
• Sex: 12 female and 23 male.
• Environment: Linyphiidae has been sighted 83 times outdoors, and 16 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (25). On flower (3). Low foliage (26). High foliage (6). Ground layer (9). Open field, pasture, grassland (7). Forest (6). Cave (1).

Location and Range

Linyphiidae (Money Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, France, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

Linyphiidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., Wisconsin.

Seasonality

Linyphiidae has been primarily sighted during the month of April.

• January: 3
• February: 3
• March: 7
• April: 21
• May: 15
• June: 11
• July: 3
• August: 6
• September: 5
• October: 4
• November: 5
• December: 3