Linyphia triangularis
(European Sheetweb Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Linyphia triangularis, commonly known as European Sheetweb Spider, belongs to the genus Linyphia, in the family Linyphiidae. Linyphia triangularis spiders have been sighted 4 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Linyphia triangularis includes 2 countries and 1 states in the United States. Linyphia triangularis is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of October.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Linyphiidae
  • Genus: Linyphia
  • Species: Linyphia triangularis

Other Common Names

European Sheetweb Spider, Common Sheetweb Spider

Author

Clerck, 1758

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Sightings Overview

There have been 4 confirmed sightings of Linyphia triangularis (European Sheetweb Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 25, 2018 by Spider ID member darinkagonzalez. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 4 sightings because of certain Linyphia triangularis sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 50% of the time, Linyphia triangularis spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 4)
  • Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
  • Environment: Linyphia triangularis has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Low foliage (2).

Location and Range

Linyphia triangularis (European Sheetweb Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Portugal, United States.

Linyphia triangularis has also been sighted in the following states: Maine.

Seasonality

Linyphia triangularis has been primarily sighted during the month of October.

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  • July: 1
  • August:
  • September: 1
  • October: 1
  • November: 1
  • December:

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